Covariant Lagrangian Formulation of Chern-Simons and BF Theories
arXiv:hep-th/0511060 · doi:10.1142/S0219887807001990
Abstract
We investigate the covariant formulation of Chern-Simons theories in a general odd dimension which can be obtained by introducing a vacuum connection field as a reference. Field equations, Noether currents and superpotentials are computed so that results are easily compared with the well-known results in dimension 3. Finally we use this covariant formulation of Chern-Simons theories to investigate their relation with topological BF theories.
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