TQFT's and gerbes

DOI10.2140/AGT.2004.4.243zbMath1058.57023arXivmath/0302065OpenAlexW2066560266MaRDI QIDQ1880630

R. F. Picken

Publication date: 30 September 2004

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0302065

zbMATH Keywords

parallel transportTQFTgerbestopological quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R65)

Related Items (8)

Topological quantum field theory on non-Abelian gerbes ⋮ Surface holonomy for non-Abelian 2-bundles via double groupoids ⋮ Two-dimensional algebra in lattice gauge theory ⋮ The fundamental Gray 3-groupoid of a smooth manifold and local 3-dimensional holonomy based on a 2-crossed module ⋮ Gerbes in geometry, field theory, and quantisation ⋮ Nonabelian bundle gerbes, their differential geometry and gauge theory ⋮ Abelian and non-abelian branes in WZW models and gerbes ⋮ Cohomological twisting of 2-linearization and extended TQFT

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