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A classification of equivariant gerbe connections

Differential Geometry 2017-10-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Let G be a compact Lie group acting on a smooth manifold M. In this paper, we consider Meinrenken's G-equivariant bundle gerbe connections on M as objects in a 2-groupoid. We prove this 2-category is equivalent to the 2-groupoid of gerbe connections on the differential quotient stack associated to M, and isomorphism classes of G-equivariant gerbe connections are classified by degree three differential equivariant cohomology. Finally, we consider the existence and uniqueness of conjugation-equivariant gerbe connections on compact semisimple Lie groups.

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@article{arxiv.1709.06003,
  title  = {A classification of equivariant gerbe connections},
  author = {Byungdo Park and Corbett Redden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.06003},
  year   = {2017}
}

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31 pages; v2 minor revisions

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