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Selected writings

On topological field theory:

• Danny Birmingham, Matthias Blau, Mark Rakowski, George Thompson, Topological field theory, Physics Reports 209 4–5 (1991) 129-340 [doi:10.1016/0370-1573(91)90117-5]

On D=2 Yang-Mills theory:

• Matthias Blau, George Thompson, Quantum Yang-Mills theory on arbitrary surfaces, International Journal of Modern Physics A 7 16 (1992) 3781–3806 [doi:10.1142/S0217751X9200168X]

On the supersymmetric WZW model using group algebra:

• Matthias Blau, George Thompson, Equivariant Kähler Geometry and Localization in the $G/G$ Model, Nucl. Phys. B 439 (1995) 367-394 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00058-Z, arXiv:hep-th/9407042]

On general relativity (gravity):

• Matthias Blau, Lecture notes on general relativity (web)

Showing that the maximally supersymmetric pp-wave solution of D=11 supergravity is a Penrose limit of both the black M2-brane solution $AdS_4 \times S^7$ as well as the black M5-brane solution $AdS_7 \times S^4$:

• Matthias Blau, José Figueroa-O’Farrill, Christopher Hull, George Papadopoulos, Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry, Class. Quant. Grav. 19 (2002) L87-L95 [arXiv:hep-th/0201081, doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101]

On pp-wave spacetimes and Penrose limits:

• Matthias Blau, Plane waves and Penrose limits, 2011 (pdf, pdf)

On relation between Rozansky-Witten invariants and Seiberg-Witten invariants of 3-manifolds:

• Matthias Blau, George Thompson, On the Relationship between the Rozansky-Witten and the 3-Dimensional Seiberg-Witten Invariants, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 5 (2002) 483-498 (arXiv:hep-th/0006244)

On Ray-Singer torsion and path integrals:

• Matthias Blau, Mbambu Kakona, George Thompson, On the Evaluation of the Ray-Singer Torsion Path Integral [arXiv:2402.14437]

On semi-holomorphic D=4 Chern-Simons theory in relation to the Breitenloher-Maison model?:

• Meer Ashwinkumar, Matthias Blau: Integrable Deformations of the Breitenlohner-Maison Model from 4d Chern-Simons Theory [arXiv:2604.26452]

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