pith. sign in

arxiv: hep-th/9611113 · v1 · submitted 1996-11-15 · ✦ hep-th

Gauge dependence in topological gauge theories

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords gaugetopologicaldependencegauge-fixingtheoriesanalyzeanomalousboundary
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We parametrize the gauge-fixing freedom in choosing the Lagrangian of a topological gauge theory. We compute the gauge-fixing dependence of correlators of equivariant operators when the compactified moduli space has a non-empty boundary and verify that only a subset of these has a gauge independent meaning. We analyze in detail a simple example of such anomalous topological theories, 4D topological Yang-Mills on the four-sphere and instanton number k=1.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.