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Pfeiffer, Hendryk

Higher gauge theory and a non-abelian generalization of 2-form electrodynamics. (English) Zbl 1056.70013

Ann. Phys. 308, No. 2, 447-477 (2003).
Using Lie 2-groups, a non-abelian generalization of 2-form electrodynamics is introduced. Non-abelian quantities are assigned to geometric objects, including curves, surfaces, generalized local symmetries, and gauge-invariant actions.
Reviewer: Mohammad Khorrami (Tehran)

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MSC:

70S15 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems
81T25 Quantum field theory on lattices
18D05 Double categories, \(2\)-categories, bicategories and generalizations (MSC2010)
81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory

Keywords:

Lattice gauge theory; spin foam model; Lie 2-groups
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