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Topological Defects in 3-d Euclidean Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

By making use of the complete decomposition of SO(3) spin connection, the topological defect in 3-dimensional Euclidean gravity is studied in detail. The topological structure of disclination is given as the combination of a monopole structure and a vortex structure. Furthermore, the Kac-Moody algebra generated by the monopole and vortex is discussed in three dimensional Chern-Simons theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001007,
  title  = {Topological Defects in 3-d Euclidean Gravity},
  author = {Sheng Li and Yong Zhang and Zhongyuan Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001007},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, Revtex

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