A construction of string 2-group models using a transgression-regression technique

DOI10.1090/conm/584/11588zbMath1317.53035arXiv1201.5052OpenAlexW1817800790MaRDI QIDQ5265425

Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 28 July 2015

Published in: Analysis, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5052

zbMATH Keywords

finite-dimensional Lie 2-groupsstrict diffeological 2-groupsstring 2-group models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Pseudogroups and differentiable groupoids (58H05) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08)

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