Conformal Edge Currents in Chern-Simons Theories

Details Conformal Edge Currents in Chern-Simons Theories Conformal Edge Currents in Chern-Simons Theories

1991-10-30

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9110072v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys. A7 (1992) 4655-4670

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

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We develop elementary canonical methods for the quantization of abelian and nonabelian Chern-Simons actions using well known ideas in gauge theories and quantum gravity. Our approach does not involve choice of gauge or clever manipulations of functional integrals. When the spatial slice is a disc, it yields Witten's edge states carrying a representation of the Kac-Moody algebra. The canonical expression for the generators of diffeomorphisms on the boundary of the disc are also found, and it is established that they are the Chern-Simons version of the Sugawara construction. This paper is a prelude to our future publications on edge states, sources, vertex operators, and their spin and statistics in 3D and 4D topological field theories.

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