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Effective actions, relative cohomology and Chern Simons forms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra q-alg

Abstract

The explicit expression of all the WZW effective actions for a simple group G broken down to a subgroup H is established in a simple and direct way, and the formal similarity of these actions to the Chern-Simons forms is explained. Applications are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9711064,
  title  = {Effective actions, relative cohomology and Chern Simons forms},
  author = {J. A. de Azcarraga and A. J. Macfarlane and J. C. Perez Bueno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9711064},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages. Latex2e file. Published version

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