Categorifying the sl(2,C) Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection via an infinitesimal 2-Yang-Baxter operator in the string Lie-2-algebra

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2017.V21.N1.A3MaRDI QIDQ2356795zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors João Martins, Lucio S. Cirio

Publication date 6 June 2017

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1132

zbMATH Keywords

2-Yang-Baxter operator\(\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C})\)-Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connectionchain complexes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Baxter equations (16T25) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81)

Abstract: We construct a flat (and fake-flat) 2-connection in the configuration space of $n$ indistinguishable particles in the complex plane, which categorifies the $sl(2,C)$-Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection obtained from the adjoint representation of $sl(2,C)$. This will be done by considering the adjoint categorical representation of the string Lie 2-algebra and the notion of an infinitesimal 2-Yang-Baxter operator in a differential crossed module. Specifically, we find an infinitesimal 2-Yang-Baxter operator in the string Lie 2-algebra, proving that any (strict) categorical representation of the string Lie-2-algebra, in a chain-complex of vector spaces, yields a flat and (fake flat) 2-connection in the configuration space, categorifying the $sl(2,C)$-Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection. We will give very detailed explanation of all concepts involved, in particular discussing the relevant theory of 2-connections and their two dimensional holonomy, in the specific case of 2-groups derived from chain complexes of vector spaces.

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