Chern-simons Theory

Chern-Simons Theory is a topological quantum field theory in three dimensions characterized by a gauge-invariant action proportional to the integral of the Chern-Simons form, which uniquely couples gauge fields to knot and link invariants in a background-independent manner.

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Chern-simons Field Theory

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  1. CV
    Cumrun Vafa

    Harvard University, United States

    26 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. NY
    Nicolás Yunes

    Montana State University, United States

    28 publications · 3.1K citations

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  3. EW
    Edward Witten

    Institute for Advanced Study, United States

    27 publications · 6.4K citations

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  4. EF
    Eduardo Fradkin

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    25 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. RJ
    R. Jackiw

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    27 publications · 6.4K citations

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  1. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 784 publications · 43.7K citations

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  2. Nuclear Physics B

    301 publications · 23.2K citations

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  3. Physics Letters B

    352 publications · 18.5K citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 133 publications · 12.5K citations

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