Leibniz gauge theories and infinity structures

DOI10.1007/S00220-020-03785-2zbMATH Open1444.83013arXiv1904.11036OpenAlexW3102460918WikidataQ98733636 ScholiaQ98733636MaRDI QIDQ779643FDOQ779643

Olaf Hohm, Roberto Bonezzi

Publication date: 14 July 2020

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

Abstract: We formulate gauge theories based on Leibniz(-Loday) algebras and uncover their underlying mathematical structure. Various special cases have been developed in the context of gauged supergravity and exceptional field theory. These are based on `tensor hierarchies', which describe towers of $p$-form gauge fields transforming under non-abelian gauge symmetries and which have been constructed up to low levels. Here we define `infinity-enhanced Leibniz algebras' that guarantee the existence of consistent tensor hierarchies to arbitrary level. We contrast these algebras with strongly homotopy Lie algebras ($L_{infty}$ algebras), which can be used to define topological field theories for which all curvatures vanish. Any infinity-enhanced Leibniz algebra carries an associated $L_{infty}$ algebra, which we discuss.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.11036

zbMATH Keywords

supergravitygauge theoriestensor hierarchyexceptional field theoryLeibniz-Loday algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supergravity (83E50) Exceptional (super)algebras (17B25)

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