Integer Quantization of the Chern-Simons Coefficient in a Broken Phase

L. Chen, G. Dunne, K. Haller, E. Lim-Lombridas

Published 1994-11-09Version 1

We consider a spontaneously broken nonabelian topologically massive gauge theory in a broken phase possessing a residual nonabelian symmetry. Recently there has been some question concerning the renormalization of the Chern-Simons coefficient in such a broken phase. We show that, in this broken vacuum, the renormalized ratio of the Chern-Simons coupling to the gauge coupling is shifted by $1/4\pi$ times an integer, preserving the usual integer quantization condition on the bare parameters.