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Chern-Simons States in Topologically Massive Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-06 v3

Abstract

The set of degenerate ground states of an arbitrary nonabelian topologically massive gauge theory is shown to be in one-to-one correspondence with the Hilbert space of the associated pure Chern-Simons theory. (Paper is being withdrawn: original conclusion is incorrect for the nonabelian case. For a correct treatment, see M. Asorey, S. Carlip, and F. Falceto, hep-th/9304081.)

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9303088,
  title  = {Chern-Simons States in Topologically Massive Gauge Theories},
  author = {S. Carlip},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9303088},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTeX. (Paper is being withdrawn: original conclusion is incorrect for the nonabelian case. For a correct treatment, see M. Asorey, S. Carlip, and F. Falceto, hep-th/9304081.)