Bicategories in field theories - an invitation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-11-30 v1
Abstract
We explain some applications of bicategories in both classical and quantum field theory. This includes a modern perspective on some pioneering work of Max Kreuzer and Bert Schellekens on rational conformal field theory.
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@article{arxiv.1111.6896,
title = {Bicategories in field theories - an invitation},
author = {Thomas Nikolaus and Christoph Schweigert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6896},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
14 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the Memorial Volume for Max Kreuzer. Contains an introduction to the use of bicategories for non-experts, in particular to the results of http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4558 and http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2963