Gauge-invariant operators for singular knots in Chern-Simons gauge theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 527, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 499-530

  Labastida, J M F ^a,b   Pérez, Esther ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fields; Gauge; Knots; Quantum; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032494051     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00371-X     Document Type: Article

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