The Spectrum Of Topological Quantum Field Theories On N - Manifolds
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چکیده
The topological particle is first quantized and its spectrum is found to be given by the de Rahm cohomogy ring of the target manifold. Morse theoretic arguments are used to show how this topological spectrum depends on the gauge fixing. A supermanifold formalism is introduced which leads to the generalized Donaldson invariants. It is found that the BRST symmetry cannot be spontaneously or dynamically broken by conventional ‘methods. Submitted to Nuclear Physics B * This work is supported by the Department of Energy contract DE-AC03-76SF00515.
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