A NEW ACTION PRINCIPLE FOR WITTENS TOPOLOGICAL FIELD-THEORY

GIANVITTORIO, R; RESTUCCIA, A; STEPHANY, J

Abstract

In this letter a new gauge invariant, metric independent action is introduced from which Witten's topological quantum field theory may be obtained after gauge fixing using standard BRST techniques. In our model the BRST algebra of transformations, under which the effective action is invariant, close off-shell in distinction with what occurs in the one proposed by Labastida and Pernici. Our approach provides the geometrical principle for the quantum theory. We also compare our results with an alternative formulation presented by Baulieu and Singer.

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Título según WOS: ID WOS:A1995QN02000015 Not found in local WOS DB
Título de la Revista: PHYSICS LETTERS B
Volumen: 347
Número: 3-4
Editorial: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Fecha de publicación: 1995
Página de inicio: 279
Página final: 283
DOI:

10.1016/0370-2693(95)00061-O

Notas: ISI