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arxiv: hep-th/9604040 · v1 · submitted 1996-04-08 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Gauge Theories in the Momentum/Curvature Representation

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keywords gaugetheoriescurvaturedescribedmomentumrepresentationappliedcocycle
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The gauge variance of wave functionals for a gauge theory quantized in the momentum (curvature) representation is described. It is shown that a gauge transformation gives rise to a cocycle, which for theories in two space-time dimensions is related to the Kirillov-Kostant form. Various derivations are presented, including one based on geometric (pre-) quantization. The formalism is applied to two dimensional gravity models that are equivalently described by "B-F" gauge theories.

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