Lectures on quantization of gauge systems

Abstract

A gauge system is a classical field theory where among the fields there are connections in a principal G-bundle over the space-time manifold and the classical action is either invariant or transforms appropriately with respect to the action of the gauge group. The lectures are focused on the path integral quantization of such systems. Here two main examples of gauge systems are Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons.

63 pages, 22 figures. Based on lectures given at the Summer School "New paths towards quantum gravity", Holbaek, Denmark, 2008

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