Multiplicative bundle gerbes with connection

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2009.10.006MaRDI QIDQ973199zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Konrad Waldorf

Publication date 28 May 2010

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4835

zbMATH Keywords

loop grouptransgressionChern-Simons theorycurvatureconnectionmultiple bundle gerbe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56)

Abstract: Multiplicative bundle gerbes are gerbes over a Lie group which are compatible with the group structure. In this article connections on such bundle gerbes are introduced and studied. It is shown that multiplicative bundle gerbes with connection furnish geometrical constructions of the following objects: smooth central extensions of loop groups, Chern-Simons actions for arbitrary gauge groups, and symmetric bi-branes for WZW models with topological defect lines.

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