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5d Chern-Simons theory

Context

-Chern-Simons theory

∞-Chern-Weil theory

∞-Chern-Simons theory

∞-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory

Ingredients

Definition

Examples

Quantum field theory

Physics

physics, mathematical physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes


theory (physics), model (physics)

Contents

Idea

higher dimensional Chern-Simons theory in dimension 5.

References

A general account of the structure is in

Remarks on applications in phenomemenological models are in

  • C. Hill, Physics of D=5 Chern-Simons term (pdf)

The relation to 5-dimensional supergravity is discussed in

  • A. Ceresole, A. Lerda, and P. van Nieuwenhuizen , Five-dimensional gravitational super Chern-Simons terms, Phys. Rev. D 34, 1744–1748 (1986)

  • Yuji Tachikawa, Five-dimensional Chern-Simons terms and Nekrasov’s instanton counting (arXiv:hep-th/0401184)

Revised on January 4, 2013 04:35:04 by Urs Schreiber (89.204.135.106)