Higher order topological actions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
In classical mechanics, an action is defined only modulo additive terms which do not modify the equations of motion; in certain cases, these terms are topological quantities. We construct an infinite sequence of higher order topological actions and argue that they play a role in quantum mechanics, and hence can be accessed experimentally.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0611335,
title = {Higher order topological actions},
author = {Roman V. Buniy and Thomas W. Kephart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0611335},
year = {2008}
}
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7 pages