Higher gauge theories based on 3-groups

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2019)222zbMATH Open1427.83028arXiv1904.07566WikidataQ126991518 ScholiaQ126991518MaRDI QIDQ2283510FDOQ2283510

Authors: T. Radenković, M. Vojinović 

Publication date: 2 January 2020

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the categorical generalizations of a $BF$ theory to $2BF$ and $3BF$ theories, corresponding to $2$-groups and $3$-groups, in the framework of higher gauge theory. In particular, we construct the constrained $3BF$ actions describing the correct dynamics of Yang-Mills, Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Weyl and Majorana fields coupled to Einstein-Cartan gravity. The action is naturally split into a topological sector and a sector with simplicity constraints, adapted to the spinfoam quantization programme. In addition, the structure of the $3$-group gives rise to a novel gauge group which specifies the spectrum of matter fields present in the theory, just like the ordinary gauge group specifies the spectrum of gauge bosons in the Yang-Mills theory. This allows us to rewrite the whole Standard Model coupled to gravity as a constrained $3BF$ action, facilitating the nonperturbative quantization of both gravity and matter fields. Moreover, the presence and the properties of this new gauge group open up a possibility of a nontrivial unification of all fields and a possible explanation of fermion families and all other structure in the matter spectrum of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07566

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelgauge symmetrymodels of quantum gravitytopological field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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