Loop observables for BF theories in any dimension and the cohomology of knots
Cattaneo, Alberto S. ; Cotta-Ramusino, Paolo ; Rossi, Carlo A.
arXiv, 0003073 / Harvested from arXiv
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A generalization of Wilson loop observables for BF theories in any dimension is introduced in the Batalin-Vilkovisky framework. The expectation values of these observables are cohomology classes of the space of imbeddings of a circle. One of the resulting theories discussed in the paper has only trivalent interactions and, irrespective of the actual dimension, looks like a 3-dimensional Chern-Simons theory.
Publié le : 2000-03-13
Classification:  Mathematics - Quantum Algebra,  High Energy Physics - Theory,  Mathematical Physics 
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     title = {Loop observables for BF theories in any dimension and the cohomology of
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     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2000},
     number = {0},
     year = {2000},
     language = {en},
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Cattaneo, Alberto S.; Cotta-Ramusino, Paolo; Rossi, Carlo A. Loop observables for BF theories in any dimension and the cohomology of
  knots. arXiv, Tome 2000 (2000) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0003073/