Actions of Lie 2-algebras and comomentum maps
Abstract
In this paper we introduce the notion of a 2-action of a Lie 2-algebra on an arbitrary manifold M. Furthermore, in [Rog12], given a n-plectic manifold (M, ), the authors consider a Lie Infinity-algebra L (M, ), which is a higher analogue of the Poisson algebra of observables associated to a symplectic manifold. This Lie Infinity-algebra reduces to a Lie 2-algebra L^2 (M, ) when (M, ) is 2-plectic. Following ideas of N.L. Delgado [Del18], we introduce the Lie 2-algebra D^2 (M, ), which generalises the Lie 2-algebra L^2 (M, ) and its extension containing Hamiltonian pairs. Given a two-plectic manifold (M, ) and a Lie 2-algebra g_1 g_0 acting on M we define a comomentum map as a lift of the action, i.e., as a Lie 2-algebra morphism from g_1 g_0 to the extension of the Lie 2-algebra D^2 (M, ). In an appendix, we discuss very explicitly numerous examples, classified according to their algebraic properties.
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@article{arxiv.2602.14715,
title = {Actions of Lie 2-algebras and comomentum maps},
author = {Philippe Bonneau and Véronique Chloup-Arnould and Angela Gammella and Tilmann Wurzbacher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14715},
year = {2026}
}