A. Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell · Problem VI.1.3

Field Theory Redux

Physics — QFT

Problem

There is a generalization of the Chern-Simons term to higher dimensional spacetime different from that given in exercise IV.1.2. We can introduce a

p

-form gauge potential (see chapter IV.4) and write a generalized Chern-Simons term in

(2p + 1)

-dimensional spacetime and discuss the resulting physics.