L ∞-Algebra connections and applications to String- and Chern-Simons n-transport

Quantum Field Theory: Competitive Models

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 303-424

  Sati, Hisham ^a   Schreiber, Urs ^b   Stasheff, Jim ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 bundles; BF theory; branes; Cartan Ehresman connection; Chern Simons theory; differential greded algebras; Eilenberg MacLane spaces; strings

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

2-BUNDLES; BF-THEORY; BRANES; CARTAN-EHRESMAN CONNECTION; CHERN-SIMONS THEORY; EILENBERG-MACLANE SPACES; STRINGS;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 79952801542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8736-5_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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