Abelian BF Theories and Knot Invariants

Details Abelian BF Theories and Knot Invariants Abelian BF Theories and Knot Invariants

1996-09-25

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9609205v2

Commun.Math.Phys. 189 (1997) 795-828

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

50 pages, LaTeX file; a few minor corrections added

Scientific paper

10.1007/s002200050229

In the context of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, a new observable for the Abelian BF theory is proposed whose vacuum expectation value is related to the Alexander-Conway polynomial. The three-dimensional case is analyzed explicitly, and it is proved to be anomaly free. Moreover, at the second order in perturbation theory, a new formula for the second coefficient of the Alexander-Conway polynomial is obtained. An account on the higher-dimensional generalizations is also given.

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