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Stochastic Quantization of the Chern-Simons Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We discuss Stochastic Quantization of dd=3 dimensional non-Abelian Chern-Simons theory. We demonstrate that the introduction of an appropriate regulator in the Langevin equation yields a well-defined equilibrium limit, thus leading to the correct propagator. We also analyze the connection between dd=3 Chern-Simons and dd=4 Topological Yang-Mills theories showing the equivalence between the corresponding regularized partition functions. We study the construction of topological invariants and the introduction of a non-trivial kernel as an alternative regularization.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9202030,
  title  = {Stochastic Quantization of the Chern-Simons Theory},
  author = {L. F. Cugliandolo and G. L. Rossini and F. A. Schaposnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9202030},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages

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