Wilson surfaces and higher dimensional knot invariants
Mathematical Physics
2023-06-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Geometric Topology
math.MP
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
An observable for nonabelian, higher-dimensional forms is introduced, its properties are discussed and its expectation value in BF theory is described. This is shown to produce potential and genuine invariants of higher-dimensional knots.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0210037,
title = {Wilson surfaces and higher dimensional knot invariants},
author = {Alberto S. Cattaneo and Carlo A. Rossi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0210037},
year = {2023}
}
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31 pages, 9 figures