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Manifestly covariant action for symmetric Chern-Simons field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study a three-dimensional symmetric Chern-Simons field theory with a general covariance and it turns out that the original Chern-Simons theory is just a gauge fixed action of the symmetric Chern-Simons theory whose constraint algebra belongs to fully first class constraint system. The Abelian Chern-Simons theory with matter coupling is studied for the construction of anyon operators without any ordering ambiguity with the help of this symmetric Chern-Simons action. Finally we shall discuss some connections between the present symmetric formulation of Chern-Simons theory and the St\"ukelberg mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808076,
  title  = {Manifestly covariant action for symmetric Chern-Simons field theory},
  author = {Won Tae Kim and Myung Seok Yoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808076},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

19 pages, revtex, one paragraph is replaced with other issue and physical application is exhibited