nLab D=3 Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory

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Context

Quantum Field Theory

algebraic quantum field theory (perturbative, on curved spacetimes, homotopical)

Introduction

Concepts

field theory:

Lagrangian field theory

quantization

quantum mechanical system, quantum probability

free field quantization

gauge theories

interacting field quantization

renormalization

Theorems

States and observables

Operator algebra

Local QFT

Perturbative QFT

Differential cohomology

Contents

Idea

The Lagrangian field theory obtained by adding the Lagrangian densities for D=3 Yang-Mills theory and of Chern-Simons theory, defined on the same gauge field/connection is 3D Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory (YMCS). For abelian gauge group this reduces to Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory (MCS).

On ordinary Yang-Mills theory (YM):

On variants of Yang-Mills theory and on super Yang-Mills theory (SYM):

References

Suggestion to consider the Yang-Mills mass gap problem for 3D YMCS theory:

Claim of establishing the mass gap for YMCS theory at a non-constructive level:

In the context of extended functorial field theory:

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