Chern-Simons Theory and the Quantum Racah Formula

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Publication date 04-2013
Journal Reviews in mathematical physics
Article number 1350004
Volume | Issue number 25 | 3
Number of pages 41
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  • Amsterdam University College (AUC)
Abstract We generalize several results on Chern-Simons models on Sigma x S1 in the so-called "torus gauge" which were obtained in arXiv:math-ph/0507040 to the case of general (simply-connected simple compact) structure groups and general link colorings. In particular, we give a non-perturbative evaluation of the Wilson loop observables corresponding to a special class of simple but non-trivial links and show that their values are given by Turaev's shadow invariant. As a byproduct we obtain a heuristic path integral derivation of the quantum Racah formula.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129055X13500049
Published at https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0611084
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