Functional integration and gauge ambiguities in generalized abelian gauge theories

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2009.04.007zbMath1197.53100arXiv0711.4085OpenAlexW1970919326MaRDI QIDQ1029489

Gerald Kelnhofer

Publication date: 10 July 2009

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4085

zbMATH Keywords

functional integralgauge ambiguityCheeger-Simons differential charactersgeneralized gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Geometric quantization (53D50) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10)

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