String geometry vs. spin geometry on loop spaces

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.07.003zbMath1322.81068arXiv1403.5656OpenAlexW1830996181MaRDI QIDQ490975

Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 21 August 2015

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5656

zbMATH Keywords

loop grouploop spacegerbestransgressionstring connectionstring geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Loop spaces (55P35) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27)

Related Items (6)

Cheeger-Chern-Simons theory and differential string classes ⋮ Fusion of implementers for spinors on the circle ⋮ Principal \(\infty\)-bundles and smooth string group models ⋮ String structures associated to indefinite Lie groups ⋮ \(S^1\)-equivariant Chern-Weil constructions on loop space ⋮ String^{𝑐} structures and modular invariants

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