Nonabelian bundle gerbes, their differential geometry and gauge theory

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-400

  Aschieri, Paolo ^a,b,c   Cantini, Luigi ^d,e   Jurčo, Branislav ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244264886     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1220-6     Document Type: Article

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