Gauge-fixing, semiclassical approximation and potentials for graded Chern-Simons theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-435

  Lazaroiu, Calin I ^a   Roiban, Radu ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRST Quantization; Topological Field Theories, Chern Simons Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444433854     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/022     Document Type: Article

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