{
  "id": "hep-th/9505027",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1995-05-04T20:10:29.000Z",
  "updated": "1995-05-05T10:38:10.000Z",
  "title": "Topological BF Theories in 3 and 4 Dimensions",
  "authors": [
    "Aberto S. Cattaneo",
    "Paolo Cotta-Ramusino",
    "Juerg Froehlich",
    "Maurizio Martellini"
  ],
  "comment": "25 pages, latex, no figures. Transmission problems have been solved",
  "journal": "J.Math.Phys.36:6137-6160,1995",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.531238",
  "categories": [
    "hep-th",
    "math.QA",
    "q-alg"
  ],
  "abstract": "In this paper we discuss topological BF theories in 3 and 4 dimensions. Observables are associated to ordinary knots and links (in 3 dimensions) and to 2-knots (in 4 dimensions). The vacuum expectation values of such observables give a wide range of invariants. Here we consider mainly the 3-dimensional case, where these invariants include Alexander polynomials, HOMFLY polynomials and Kontsevich integrals.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1995-05-05T10:38:10.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "topological bf theories",
      "dimensions",
      "vacuum expectation values",
      "observables",
      "ordinary knots"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AIP",
      "journal": "J. Math. Phys."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 25,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 394777
    }
  }
}