Aspects Of Chern-Simons Theory

@inproceedings{Dunne1999AspectsOC,
  title={Aspects Of Chern-Simons Theory},
  author={Gerald V. Dunne},
  year={1999}
}
  • G. Dunne
  • Published 16 February 1999
  • Physics
Lectures at the 1998 Les Houches Summer School: Topological Aspects of Low Dimensional Systems. These lectures contain an introduction to various aspects of Chern-Simons gauge theory: (i) basics of planar field theory, (ii) canonical quantization of Chern-Simons theory, (iii) Chern-Simons vortices, and (iv) radiatively induced Chern-Simons terms. 
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