Chern-Simons theory on S1-bundles: Abelianisation and q-deformed Yang-Mills theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Blau, Matthias ^a   Thompson, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chern Simons Theories; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891651390     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/003     Document Type: Article

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