The ABJM Model is a Higher Gauge Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-09-04 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
M2-branes couple to a 3-form potential, which suggests that their description involves a non-abelian 2-gerbe or, equivalently, a principal 3-bundle. We show that current M2-brane models fit this expectation: they can be reformulated as higher gauge theories on such categorified bundles. We thus add to the still very sparse list of physically interesting higher gauge theories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1311.1997,
title = {The ABJM Model is a Higher Gauge Theory},
author = {Sam Palmer and Christian Saemann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.1997},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
1+10 pages, minor corrections, published version