p-Gerbes and Extended Objects in String Theory
| dc.creator | Zunger, Yonatan | |
| dc.date | 2000-02-09 | |
| dc.date | 2000-02-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:09:27Z | |
| dc.description | p-Gerbes are a generalization of bundles that have (p+2)-form field strengths. We develop their properties and use them to show that every theory of p-gerbes can be reinterpreted as a gauge theory containing p-dimensional extended objects. In particular, we show that every closed (p+2)-form with integer cohomology is the field strength for a gerbe, and that every p-gerbe is equivalent to a bundle with connection on the space of p-dimensional submanifolds of the original space. We also show that p-gerbes are equivalent to sheaves of (p-1)-gerbes, and use this to define a K-theory of gerbes. This K-theory classifies the charges of (p+1)-form connections in the same way that bundle K-theory classifies 1-form connections. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, uses amsfonts; minor corrections, references added | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002074 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002074 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/49854 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | p-Gerbes and Extended Objects in String Theory | |
| dc.type | text |