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Effective actions, relative cohomology and Chern Simons forms

J. A. de Azcarraga, A. J. Macfarlane, J. C. Perez Bueno

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9711064

Abstract

The explicit expression of all the WZW effective actions for a simple group G broken down to a subgroup H is established in a simple and direct way, and the formal similarity of these actions to the Chern-Simons forms is explained. Applications are also discussed.

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