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The BF model is a topological field, which when quantized, becomes a topological quantum field theory. BF stands for background field. B and F, as can be seen below, are also the variables appearing in the Lagrangian of the theory, which is helpful as a mnemonic device. We have a 4-dimensional differentiable manifold M, a gauge group G, which has as "dynamical" fields a two-form B taking values in the adjoint representation of G, and a connection form A for G. The action is given by : where K is an invariant nondegenerate bilinear form over (if G is semisimple, the Killing form will do) and F is the curvature form : This action is diffeomorphically invariant and gauge invariant. Its Euler–Lagrange equations are : (no curvature) and : (the covariant exterior derivative of B is zero). In fact, it is always possible to gauge away any local degrees of freedom, which is why it is called a topological field theory. However, if M is topologically nontrivial, A and B can have nontrivial solutions globally. == See also == * Spin foam * Background field method 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「BF model」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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