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A Relation Between Topological Quantum Field Theory and the Kodama State

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study a relation between topological quantum field theory and the Kodama (Chern-Simons) state. It is shown that the Kodama (Chern-Simons) state describes a topological state with unbroken diffeomorphism invariance in Yang-Mills theory and Einstein's general relativity in four dimensions. We give a clear explanation of "why" such a topological state exists.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0311149,
  title  = {A Relation Between Topological Quantum Field Theory and the Kodama State},
  author = {Ichiro Oda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0311149},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, no figures

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