Geometric discretization scheme applied to the Abelian Chern-Simons theory

We give a detailed general description of a recent geometrical discretization scheme and illustrate, by explicit numerical calculation, the scheme’s ability to capture topological features. The scheme is applied to the Abelian Chern-Simons theory and leads, after a necessary field doubling, to an ex...

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Main Authors: Sen, Samik, Sen, Siddhartha, Sexton, James, Adams, David H.
其他作者: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
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語言:English
出版: 2013
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在線閱讀:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100977
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18277
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總結:We give a detailed general description of a recent geometrical discretization scheme and illustrate, by explicit numerical calculation, the scheme’s ability to capture topological features. The scheme is applied to the Abelian Chern-Simons theory and leads, after a necessary field doubling, to an expression for the discrete partition function in terms of untwisted Reidemeister torsion and of various triangulation-dependent factors. The discrete partition function is evaluated computationally for various triangulations of S 3 and of lens spaces. The results confirm that the discretization scheme is triangulation independent and coincides with the continuum partition function.