The basic gerbe over a compact simple Lie group (Q1884061): Difference between revisions

In [Loop spaces, characteristic classes and geometric quantization (Birkhäuser, Boston) (1993; Zbl 0823.55002)], \textit{J.-L.~Brylinski} gave a general construction of a gerbe with connection, for any integral closed 3-form on any 2-connected manifold. In the case of a compact, simply connected simple Lie group \(G\) one looks for an explicit, finite dimensional description of an equivariant gerbe over \(G\), whose equivariant 3-curvature represents the class of the generator of \(H_G^3(G;{\mathbb Z})\). In [Rev. Math. Phys. 14, 1281--1334 (2002; Zbl 1033.81067)] this problem was solved by \textit{K.~Gawȩdzki} and \textit{N.~Reis} for \(\text{ SU}(n)\) and non-simply connected groups covered by \(\text{ SU}(n)\), in terms of transition line bundles due to D.~Chatterjee and N.~Hitchin. In the paper under review, the author solves the problem for any compact, simply connected simple Lie group. He uses the bundle gerbes introduced by \textit{M. K. Murray} [J. Lond. Math. Soc. 54, 403--416 (1996; Zbl 0867.55019)] and develops a gluing construction for equivariant bundles gerbes. As mentioned in the introduction, another construction has been given by \textit{K.~Behrend} and \textit{P.~Xu} and \textit{B.~Zhang} in [C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 336, 251--256 (2003; Zbl 1068.58010)]. Quote also an extension of the Meinrenken's construction to the non simply connected case by \textit{K.~Gawȩdzki} and \textit{N.~Reis} in [``Basic gerbe over non-simply connected compact groups'', J. Geom. Phys. 50, 28--55 (2004)].