Generalized lattice gauge theory, spin foams and state sum invariants

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00148-1zbMath1029.81055arXivhep-th/0110259OpenAlexW2014457920WikidataQ55968135 ScholiaQ55968135MaRDI QIDQ1811988

Robert Oeckl

Publication date: 18 June 2003

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0110259

zbMATH Keywords

Quantum groupssupersymmetricWilson loopLattice gauge theorycellular decompositionsSpin foamsspin network type observablesState sum invariants

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Homotopy and duality in non-Abelian lattice gauge theory ⋮ Higher gauge theory and a non-abelian generalization of 2-form electrodynamics. ⋮ Invariants of SPIN networks embedded in three-manifolds ⋮ Finitely semisimple spherical categories and modular categories are self-dual. ⋮ From Hopf Algebras to Tensor Categories ⋮ Quantum deformation of two four-dimensional spin foam models ⋮ The spin-foam approach to quantum gravity ⋮ Renormalization of discrete models without background

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