Wilson surfaces and higher dimensional knot invariants
数学物理
2023-06-06 v1 高能物理 - 理论
几何拓扑
math.MP
量子代数
摘要
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.
引用
@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}
}
备注
31 pages, 9 figures