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Stochastic Quantization of the Chern-Simons Theory
We discuss Stochastic Quantization of =3 dimensional non-Abelian
Chern-Simons theory. We demonstrate that the introduction of an appropriate
regulator in the Langevin equation yields a well-defined equilibrium limit,
thus leading to the correct propagator. We also analyze the connection between
=3 Chern-Simons and =4 Topological Yang-Mills theories showing the
equivalence between the corresponding regularized partition functions. We study
the construction of topological invariants and the introduction of a
non-trivial kernel as an alternative regularization.Comment: 30 page