Operational total space theory of principal 2-bundles I: operational geometric framework

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2020.103826zbMath1447.81167arXiv1905.10057OpenAlexW3044746565MaRDI QIDQ2197181

Roberto Zucchini

Publication date: 28 August 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.10057

zbMATH Keywords

higher gauge theorygraded differential geometryprincipal 2-bundle theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equivariant fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R91) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supermanifolds and graded manifolds (58A50) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R65) Variational aspects of group actions in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E40)

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Higher Chern-Simons based on (2-)crossed modules ⋮ Quantum field theoretic representation of Wilson surfaces. I: Higher coadjoint orbit theory ⋮ Operational total space theory of principal 2-bundles II: 2-connections and 1- and 2-gauge transformations ⋮ Quantum field theoretic representation of Wilson surfaces. II: Higher topological coadjoint orbit model ⋮ 4-d Chern-Simons theory: higher gauge symmetry and holographic aspects

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