Finite temperature Chern-Simons coefficient

被引:79
作者
Dunne, G [1 ]
Lee, KY [1 ]
Lu, CH [1 ]
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[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,NEW YORK,NY 10027
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3434
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We compute the exact finite temperature effective action in a (0 + 1)-dimensional field theory containing a topological Chern-Simons term, which has many features in common with (2 + 1)-dimensional Chern-Simons theories. This exact result explains the origin and meaning of puzzling temperature dependent coefficients found in various naive perturbative computations in the higher dimensional models.
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页码:3434 / 3437
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