Geometry of the nonabelian 2-index potential and twisted de Rham cohomology

DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(00)89034-5zbMath0979.58008arXivhep-th/9908108OpenAlexW2030597933MaRDI QIDQ5938853

Ioannis P. Zois, Sheung Tsun Tsou

Publication date: 7 August 2001

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9908108

zbMATH Keywords

twisted de Rham cohomologyflat connectionnonabelian 2-form field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12) Differential complexes (58J10)

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