Gauge dependence in topological gauge theories
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Gauge dependence in topological gauge theories
We parametrize the gauge-fixing freedom in choosing the Lagrangian of a topological gauge theory. We compute the gauge-fixing dependence of correlators of equivariant operators when the compactified moduli space has a non-empty boundary and verify that only a subset of these has a gauge independent meaning. We analyze in detail a simple example of such anomalous topological theories, 4D topolog...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Letters B
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(96)01649-8