Higher Symmetry and Gapped Phases of Gauge Theories

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-59939-7_5zbMath1385.81034arXiv1309.4721OpenAlexW2158891124MaRDI QIDQ4608834

Publication date: 28 March 2018

Published in: Algebra, Geometry, and Physics in the 21st Century (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.4721

zbMATH Keywords

symmetries higher categories topological phases of matter

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) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

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