Self-Dual Chern-Simons Theories

by Gerald Dunne

Overview

Self-duality greatly reduces the mathematical difficulties of a theory but it is also a notion of considerable physical significance. The new class of self-dual Chern-Simons theories discussed in detail in this book arise in the context of anyonic quantum field theory and have applications to models such as the quantum Hall effect, anyonic superconductivity, and Aharonov-Bohm scattering. There are also interesting connections with the theory of integrable models. The author presents the abelian and non-abelian models for relativistic and non-relativistic realizations of the self-dual Chern-Simons theories and finishes with some applications in quantum physics. The book is written for advanced students and researchers in mathematical, particle, and condensed matter physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662140444
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Series:	Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs , #36
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Abelian Nonrelativistic Model.- Nonabelian Nonrelativistic Model.- Abelian Relativistic Model.- Nonabelian Relativistic Model.- Quantum Aspects.