Topological closed-string interpretation of Chern-Simons theory
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Topological closed-string interpretation of Chern-Simons theory.
The exact free energy of SU(N) Chern-Simons theory at level k is expanded in powers of (N + k)−2. This expansion keeps rank-level duality manifest, and simplifies as k becomes large, keeping N fixed (or vice versa)—this is the weak-coupling (strong-coupling) limit. With the standard normalization, the free energy on the three-sphere in this limit is shown to be the generating function of the Eu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.1295