Existence of local degrees of freedom for higher dimensional pure Chern-Simons theories

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.R593· OSTI ID:277491

Banados, M ^[1]; Garay, L J ^[2]; Henneaux, M ^[1]

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1. Centro de Estudios Cientificos de Santiago, Casilla 16443, Santiago (Chile)
2. Theoretical Physics Group, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)

The canonical structure of higher dimensional pure Chern-Simons theories is analyzed. It is shown that these theories have generically a nonvanishing number of local degrees of freedom, even though they are obtained by means of a topological construction. This number of local degrees of freedom is computed as a function of the spacetime dimension and the dimension of the gauge group. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 277491
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 53; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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