Four-dimensional lattice gauge theory with ribbon categories and the Crane–Yetter state sum

DOI10.1063/1.1398063zbMath1009.81034arXivhep-th/0106029MaRDI QIDQ2774726

Hendryk Pfeiffer

Publication date: 26 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0106029

zbMATH Keywords

gauge group; topological quantum field theory; spin foam model; Yang-Mills theory on a lattice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T13: Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory

81T25: Quantum field theory on lattices

81T08: Constructive quantum field theory

81T45: Topological field theories in quantum mechanics

57R56: Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology)

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Higher gauge theory and a non-abelian generalization of 2-form electrodynamics., Generalized lattice gauge theory, spin foams and state sum invariants

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