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arxiv: hep-th/9411062 · v1 · submitted 1994-11-09 · ✦ hep-th

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

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keywords brokenchern-simonsintegerphasecoefficientcouplinggaugenonabelian
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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.

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