String connections and Chern-Simons theory

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-2013-05816-3zbMath1277.53024arXiv0906.0117MaRDI QIDQ2847041

Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 4 September 2013

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0117

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theorystring connection2-gerbeextended topological field theorygeometric string structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.) (57R15) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08)

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