International Journal of Modern Physics A · 1990 · 146 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsMathematical PhysicsQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsGauge InteractionsGauge TheoryLie AlgebrasQuantum Field TheoryQuantum StatesChern-simons TheoryConformal Field TheoryCurrent AlgebrasField QuantizationGauge Field QuantizationNon-abelian Gauge TheoryQuantizationQuantum State Quantization
Three-dimensional Chern-Simons gauge theories are quantized in a functional coherent state formalism. The connection with two-dimensional conformal field theory is found to emerge naturally. The normalized wave functionals are identified as generating functionals for the chiral blocks of two-dimensional current algebra.