Light-cone quantized supersymmetric abelian Chern-Simons theory

In this lecture we present the light-cone quantized, supersymmetric abelian Chern-Simons theory. While this theory has been studied many times, this p articular formulation is of interest because it is the starting point for t he numerical technique, SDLCQ (supersymmetric discrete light-cone quantizat ion). This theory is of interest from the SDLCQ perspective because the zer o modes of the theory play a fundamental role in the theory and because it is a topological field theory. These are two aspects of supersymmetric fiel d theory that have not previously been addressed within the context of SDLC Q. We will also comment on the dependence of the Witten Index on the Chern- Simons coupling.