The universal gerbe, Dixmier-Douady class, and gauge theory

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-60

  Carey, Alan L ^a   Mickelsson, Jouko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Determinant bundles; Gerbes; Hamiltonian quantization; Index theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041869250     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014456501506     Document Type: Article

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