Four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory as a deformation of topological BF theory

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-621

  Cattaneo, A S ^a   Cotta Ramusino, P ^b,c   Fucito, F ^d   Martellini, M ^b,c,e   Rinaldi, M ^f   Tanzini, A ^d   Zeni, M ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e Landau Network at Centro Volta   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0032475804     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050465     Document Type: Article

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