Gravitating topological matter in 2+1 dimensions

S. Carlip and J. Gegenberg
Phys. Rev. D 44, 424 – Published 15 July 1991
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Abstract

We study topological matter minimally coupled to gravity in 2+1 dimensions. We show that the resulting system has a finite-dimensional physical phase space that can be exactly quantized. The model exhibits the mixing of "gravity" and "matter" degrees of freedom, and the impossibility of treating them independently.

  • Received 25 February 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.424

©1991 American Physical Society

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S. Carlip

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616

J. Gegenberg

  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3

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Vol. 44, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1991

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