Surface holonomy and gauge 2-group
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1 Category Theory
Abstract
Just as point objects are parallel transported along curves, giving holonomies, string-like objects are parallel transported along surfaces, giving surface holonomies. Composition of these surfaces correspond to products in a category theoretic generalization of the gauge group, called a 2-group. I consider two different ways of constructing surface holonomies, one by using a pair of one and two form connections, and another by using a pair of one-form connections. Both procedures result in the structure of a 2-group.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0402227,
title = {Surface holonomy and gauge 2-group},
author = {Amitabha Lahiri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0402227},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
8pp, RevTeX4, Submitted upon invitation to IJGMMP