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Higher bundle gerbes and cohomology classes in gauge theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1 dg-ga Differential Geometry

Abstract

The notion of a higher bundle gerbe is introduced to give a geometric realization of the higher degree integral cohomology of certain manifolds. We consider examples using the infinite dimensional spaces arising in gauge theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511169,
  title  = {Higher bundle gerbes and cohomology classes in gauge theories},
  author = {A. L. Carey and M. K. Murray and B. L. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511169},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages, LaTeX