An invitation to higher gauge theory

JC Baez, J Huerta - General Relativity and Gravitation, 2011 - Springer
In this easy introduction to higher gauge theory, we describe parallel transport for particles
and strings in terms of 2-connections on 2-bundles. Just as ordinary gauge theory involves a …

[BOOK][B] Algebraic operads

JL Loday, B Vallette - 2012 - books.google.com
In many areas of mathematics some “higher operations” are arising. These havebecome so
important that several research projects refer to such expressions. Higher operationsform …

Higher-dimensional algebra V: 2-groups

JC Baez, AD Lauda - arxiv preprint math/0307200, 2003 - arxiv.org
A 2-group is a" categorified" version of a group, in which the underlying set G has been
replaced by a category and the multiplication map has been replaced by a functor. Various …

[BOOK][B] Factorization algebras in quantum field theory

K Costello, O Gwilliam - 2021 - books.google.com
Factorization algebras are local-to-global objects that play a role in classical and quantum
field theory that is similar to the role of sheaves in geometry: they conveniently organize …

Global 3-group symmetry and't Hooft anomalies in axion electrodynamics

Y Hidaka, M Nitta, R Yokokura - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We investigate a higher-group structure of massless axion electrodynamics in (3+
1) dimensions. By using the background gauging method, we show that the higher-form …

L‐Algebras of Classical Field Theories and the Batalin–Vilkovisky Formalism

B Jurčo, L Raspollini, C Sämann… - Fortschritte der Physik, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We review in detail the Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism for Lagrangian field theories and its
mathematical foundations with an emphasis on higher algebraic structures and classical …

[HTML][HTML] Higher-form symmetries and 3-group in axion electrodynamics

Y Hidaka, M Nitta, R Yokokura - Physics Letters B, 2020 - Elsevier
We study higher-form symmetries in a low-energy effective theory of a massless axion
coupled with a photon in (3+ 1) dimensions. It is shown that the higher-form symmetries of …

Higher gauge theory

JC Baez, U Schreiber - arxiv preprint math/0511710, 2005 - arxiv.org
Just as gauge theory describes the parallel transport of point particles using connections on
bundles, higher gauge theory describes the parallel transport of 1-dimensional objects (eg …

Global 4-group symmetry and't Hooft anomalies in topological axion electrodynamics

Y Hidaka, M Nitta, R Yokokura - Progress of Theoretical and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We study higher-form global symmetries and a higher-group structure of a low-energy limit
of (3+ 1)-dimensional axion electrodynamics in a gapped phase described by a topological …

Reduction of Courant algebroids and generalized complex structures

H Bursztyn, GR Cavalcanti, M Gualtieri - Advances in Mathematics, 2007 - Elsevier
We present a theory of reduction for Courant algebroids as well as Dirac structures,
generalized complex, and generalized Kähler structures which interpolates between …