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The Geometry of Bundle Gerbes

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

This thesis reviews the theory of bundle gerbes and then examines the higher dimensional notion of a bundle 2-gerbe. The notion of a bundle 2-gerbe connection and 2-curving are introduced and it is shown that there is a class in H4(M;Z)H^{4}(M;\Z) associated to any bundle 2-gerbe.

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@article{arxiv.math/0004117,
  title  = {The Geometry of Bundle Gerbes},
  author = {Danny Stevenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0004117},
  year   = {2007}
}

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PhD thesis, 153 pages