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Main Authors: Blau, Matthias, Kakona, Mbambu, Thompson, George
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14437
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  • There are very few explicit evaluations of path integrals for topological gauge theories in more than 3 dimensions. Here we provide such a calculation for the path integral representation of the Ray-Singer Torsion of a flat connection on a vector bundle on base manifolds that are themselves $S^{1}$ bundles of any dimension. The calculation relies on a suitable algebraic choice of gauge which leads to a convenient factorisation of the path integral into horizontal and vertical parts.