ON THE QUANTIZATION OF THE ABELIAN CHERN-SIMONS COEFFICIENT AT FINITE-TEMPERATURE

Authors
BRALIC N FOSCO CD SCHAPOSNIK FA
Citation
N. Bralic et al., ON THE QUANTIZATION OF THE ABELIAN CHERN-SIMONS COEFFICIENT AT FINITE-TEMPERATURE, Physics letters. Section B, 383(2), 1996, pp. 199-204
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
383
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
199 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)383:2<199:OTQOTA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We show that when the Abelian Chem-Simons theory coupled to matter fie lds is quantized in a vacuum with nonvanishing magnetic flux (or elect ric charge), the requirement of gauge invariance at finite temperature leads to the quantization of the Chern-Simons coefficient and its qua ntum corrections, in a manner similar to the non-Abelian case.