2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/55941Lectures at the 1998 Les Houches Summer School: Topological Aspects of Low Dimensional Systems. These lectures contain an introduction to various aspects of Chern-Simons gauge theory: (i) basics of planar field theory, (ii) canonical quantization of Chern-Simons theory, (iii) Chern-Simons vortices, and (iv) radiatively induced Chern-Simons terms.76 pages, Latex, 9 figures (epsfig); Les Houches Lectures 1998High Energy Physics - TheoryCondensed MatterHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext