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3D Topological Models and Heegaard Splitting II: Pontryagin duality and Observables

Mathematical Physics 2020-12-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In a previous article, a construction of the smooth Deligne-Beilinson cohomology groups HDp(M)H^p_D(M) on a closed 33-manifold MM represented by a Heegaard splitting XLfXRX_L \cup_f X_R was presented. Then, a determination of the partition functions of the U(1)U(1) Chern-Simons and BF Quantum Field theories was deduced from this construction. In this second and concluding article we stay in the context of a Heegaard spitting of MM to define Deligne-Beilinson 11-currents whose equivalent classes form the elements of HD1(M)H^1_D(M)^\star, the Pontryagin dual of HD1(M)H^1_D(M). Finally, we use singular fields to first recover the partition functions of the U(1)U(1) Chern-Simons and BF quantum field theories, and next to determine the link invariants defined by these theories. The difference between the use of smooth and singular fields is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04777,
  title  = {3D Topological Models and Heegaard Splitting II: Pontryagin duality and Observables},
  author = {Frank Thuillier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04777},
  year   = {2020}
}