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Chern-simons Theory

Chern-simons theory is a specific type of topological quantum field theory, primarily defined on odd-dimensional manifolds, which describes gauge fields with a purely topological action. It investigates topological invariants of manifolds and links within them, characterized by observables independent of the spacetime metric, and holds significant importance in mathematical physics, particularly in knot theory, 3-manifold topology, condensed matter physics (e.g., fractional quantum Hall effect), and string theory.

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Remarks on the canonical quantization of the Chern-Simons-Witten theory

Shmuel Elitzur, Gregory Moore, A. Schwimmer et al. · Nuclear Physics B · 1989 · 869 citations

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Chern–Simons theory with vector fermion matter

Simone Giombi, Shiraz Minwalla, Shiroman Prakash et al. · The European Physical Journal C · 2012 · 418 citations · Full text

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Quantization of Chern-Simons gauge theory with complex gauge group

Edward Witten · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1991 · 272 citations

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Chern-Simons-Witten invariants of lens spaces and torus bundles, and the semiclassical approximation

Lisa C. Jeffrey · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1992 · 231 citations

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Chern-Simons theory with finite gauge group

Daniel S. Freed, Frank Quinn · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1993 · 198 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Marcos Mariño

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    5 publications · 303 citations

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  2. DS
    Daniel S. Freed

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    5 publications · 472 citations

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  3. MA
    Mina Aganagic

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 344 citations

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  4. RK
    Romesh K. Kaul

    Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India

    4 publications · 152 citations

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  5. SS
    Shamil Shakirov

    Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russia

    4 publications · 316 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    448 citations

  4. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    369 citations

  5. Institute of Mathematical Sciences

    Chennai, India

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    331 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    321 citations

  7. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

    Bengaluru, India

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    240 citations

  8. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 20 publications · 869 citations

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  2. Nuclear Physics B

    18 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Communications in Mathematical Physics

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 17 publications · 668 citations

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  5. Physics Letters B

    13 publications · 254 citations

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