Quantization of Chern-Simons Coefficient
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The relation between the Dirac quantization condition of magnetic charge and the quantization of the Chern-Simons coefficient is obtained. It implies that in a (2+1)-dimensional QED with the Chern-Simons topological mass term and the existence of a magnetic monopole with magnetic charge , the Chern-Simons coefficient must be also quantized, just as in the non-Abelian case.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9803151,
title = {Quantization of Chern-Simons Coefficient},
author = {Han-Ying Guo and Wan-Yun Zhao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9803151},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages, Latex, 1 PS figure