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Based on part of the dissertation presented at the Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, in candidacy for the degree of Doctor in Physics.

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Roca, J. An introduction to topological field theories. Riv. Nuovo Cim. 16, 1–64 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02725740

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