GRAVITATING TOPOLOGICAL MATTER IN 2 + 1 DIMENSIONS

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作者
CARLIP, S [1 ]
GEGENBERG, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK,DEPT MATH & STAT,FREDERICTON E3B 5A3,NB,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 44卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.44.424
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We study topological matter minimally coupled to gravity in 2 + 1 dimensions. We show that the resulting system has a finite-dimensional physical phase space that can be exactly quantized. The model exhibits the mixing of "gravity" and "matter" degrees of freedom, and the impossibility of treating them independently.
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页码:424 / 428
页数:5
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