Chern-Simons gauge theory on orbifolds: Open strings from three dimensions

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00004-6zbMath0863.58083arXivhep-th/9404101OpenAlexW2157517786MaRDI QIDQ2365156

Petr Hořava

Publication date: 3 June 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404101

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorytwo dimensionscorrelation functionsstringsWilson linesChern-Simons gauge theory orbifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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