Continuum approach to the BF vacuum: The U(1) case
Continuum approach to the BF vacuum: The U(1) case
A quantum representation of holonomies and exponentiated fluxes of a U(1) gauge theory that contains the Pullin-Dittrich-Geiller (DG) vacuum is presented and discussed. Our quantization is performed manifestly in a continuum theory, without any discretization. The discreteness emerges on the quantum level as a property of the spectrum of the …