Nonabelian 2-Forms

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dc.creatorHofman, C.
dc.date2002-07-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:13:47Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:13:47Z
dc.descriptionWe study gauge theories based on nonabelian 2-forms. Certain connections on loop space give rise to generalized covariant derivatives that include a nonabelian 2-form. This can be used to find rather straightforward expressions for the field strength and gauge transformations. As a special case we recover formulas for connections on nonabelian gerbe, as recently constructed in mathematics. The general construction gives rise to connections on algebra bundles, which might be relevant for D-branes in the presence of torsion. We construct BV sigma model actions for these connections and discuss their gauge fixing. We find both Yang-Mills type and topological BF type actions.
dc.description22 pages, LaTeX
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207017
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207017
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/51386
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleNonabelian 2-Forms
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