A Higher Stacky Perspective on Chern–Simons Theory

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-09949-1_6zbMath1315.81091arXiv1301.2580OpenAlexW1539256489MaRDI QIDQ5254834

Urs Schreiber, Domenico Fiorenza, Hisham Sati

Publication date: 10 June 2015

Published in: Mathematical Physics Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.2580

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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