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   Format: MarkdownItexstarted some bare minimum at _[[Spin Chern-Simons theory]]_

   started some bare minimum at Spin Chern-Simons theory

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   Format: MarkdownItexadded the original reference: * [[Robbert Dijkgraaf]], [[Edward Witten]]: *Topological Spin Theories*, section 5 in: *Topological Gauge Theories and Group Cohomology*, Commun. Math. Phys. **129** (1990) 393 &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/BF02096988](https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096988), [euclid:cmp/1104180750](https://projecteuclid.org/journals/communications-in-mathematical-physics/volume-129/issue-2/Topological-gauge-theories-and-group-cohomology/cmp/1104180750.full), [pdf](/nlab/files/DW.pdf)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory/6">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory/6">v6</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory">current</a>

   added the original reference:

   • Robbert Dijkgraaf, Edward Witten: Topological Spin Theories, section 5 in: Topological Gauge Theories and Group Cohomology, Commun. Math. Phys. 129 (1990) 393 [doi:10.1007/BF02096988, euclid:cmp/1104180750, pdf]

   diff, v6, current

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   Format: MarkdownItexadded the following pointers, which I kindly obtained from the authors when checking up on my question at [Phys.SE:q/846396](https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/846396/5603): *** Indication that the [[effective field theory|effective]] [[abelian Chern-Simons theory]] [describing](abelian+Chern-Simons+theory#ReferencesAbCSForFQHE) the [[fractional quantum Hall effect]] has to be understood, in general, as a spin Chern-Simons theory: * [[Gregory Moore]], [[Nicholas Read]], p. 381 ([20 of 35](https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/MooreReadNonabelions.pdf#page=20)) in: *Nonabelions in the fractional quantum Hall effect*, Nucl. Phys. B **360** (1991) 362 &lbrack;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(91)90407-O">doi:10.1016/0550-3213(91)90407-O</a>, [pdf](http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/MooreReadNonabelions.pdf)&rbrack; * [[Zhenghan Wang]] on joint work with [[Nicholas Read|N. Read]]: *Spin MTC and Fermionic QH States*, talk at *[Workshop on Topological Phases in Condensed Matter 2008](https://research.physics.illinois.edu/ICMT/Workshops/Topological2008/)*, University of Illinois (2008) &lbrack;[pdf](https://research.physics.illinois.edu/ICMT/Workshops/Topological2008/Talks/wang.pdf)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory/7">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory/7">v7</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Spin+Chern-Simons+theory">current</a>

   added the following pointers, which I kindly obtained from the authors when checking up on my question at Phys.SE:q/846396:

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   Indication that the effective abelian Chern-Simons theory describing the fractional quantum Hall effect has to be understood, in general, as a spin Chern-Simons theory:

   • Gregory Moore, Nicholas Read, p. 381 (20 of 35) in: Nonabelions in the fractional quantum Hall effect, Nucl. Phys. B 360 (1991) 362 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(91)90407-O, pdf]

   • Zhenghan Wang on joint work with N. Read: Spin MTC and Fermionic QH States, talk at Workshop on Topological Phases in Condensed Matter 2008, University of Illinois (2008) [pdf]

   diff, v7, current