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Author(s):  
Severin Bunk ◽  
Lukas Müller ◽  
Richard J. Szabo

AbstractWe study bundle gerbes on manifolds M that carry an action of a connected Lie group G. We show that these data give rise to a smooth 2-group extension of G by the smooth 2-group of hermitean line bundles on M. This 2-group extension classifies equivariant structures on the bundle gerbe, and its non-triviality poses an obstruction to the existence of equivariant structures. We present a new global approach to the parallel transport of a bundle gerbe with connection, and use it to give an alternative construction of this smooth 2-group extension in terms of a homotopy-coherent version of the associated bundle construction. We apply our results to give new descriptions of nonassociative magnetic translations in quantum mechanics and the Faddeev–Mickelsson–Shatashvili anomaly in quantum field theory. We also propose a definition of smooth string 2-group models within our geometric framework. Starting from a basic gerbe on a compact simply-connected Lie group G, we prove that the smooth 2-group extensions of G arising from our construction provide new models for the string group of G.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850001
Author(s):  
Byungdo Park ◽  
Corbett Redden

Let [Formula: see text] be a compact Lie group acting on a smooth manifold [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we consider Meinrenken’s [Formula: see text]-equivariant bundle gerbe connections on [Formula: see text] as objects in a 2-groupoid. We prove this 2-category is equivalent to the 2-groupoid of gerbe connections on the differential quotient stack associated to [Formula: see text], and isomorphism classes of [Formula: see text]-equivariant gerbe connections are classified by degree 3 differential equivariant cohomology. Finally, we consider the existence and uniqueness of conjugation-equivariant gerbe connections on compact semisimple Lie groups.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severin Bunk ◽  
Christian Sämann ◽  
Richard J. Szabo

We construct a prequantum 2-Hilbert space for any line bundle gerbe whose Dixmier–Douady class is torsion. Analogously to usual prequantization, this 2-Hilbert space has the category of sections of the line bundle gerbe as its underlying 2-vector space. These sections are obtained as certain morphism categories in Waldorf’s version of the 2-category of line bundle gerbes. We show that these morphism categories carry a monoidal structure under which they are semisimple and abelian. We introduce a dual functor on the sections, which yields a closed structure on the morphisms between bundle gerbes and turns the category of sections into a 2-Hilbert space. We discuss how these 2-Hilbert spaces fit various expectations from higher prequantization. We then extend the transgression functor to the full 2-category of bundle gerbes and demonstrate its compatibility with the additional structures introduced. We discuss various aspects of Kostant–Souriau prequantization in this setting, including its dimensional reduction to ordinary prequantization.


2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (05) ◽  
pp. 1079-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRANISLAV JURČO

We discuss nonabelian bundle gerbes and their differential geometry using simplicial methods. Associated to a (Lie) crossed module (H → D) there is a simplicial group [Formula: see text], the nerve of the groupoid [Formula: see text] defined by the crossed module, and its geometric realization, the topological group [Formula: see text]. We introduce crossed module bundle gerbes so that their (stable) equivalence classes are in a bijection with equivalence classes of principal [Formula: see text]-bundles. We discuss the string group and string structures from this point of view. Also, we give a simplicial interpretation to the bundle gerbe connection and bundle gerbe B-field.


2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL MURRAY ◽  
DANNY STEVENSON

AbstractLet (P,Y ) be a bundle gerbe over a fibre bundle Y →M. We show that if M is simply connected and the fibres of Y →M are connected and finite-dimensional, then the Dixmier–Douady class of (P,Y ) is torsion. This corrects and extends an earlier result of the first author.


2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 49-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRANISLAV JURČO

We define 2-crossed module bundle 2-gerbes related to general Lie 2-crossed modules and discuss their properties. If (L → M → N) is a Lie 2-crossed module and Y → X is a surjective submersion then an (L → M → N)-bundle 2-gerbe over X is defined in terms of a so-called (L → M → N)-bundle gerbe over the fiber product Y[2] = Y × XY, which is an (L → M)-bundle gerbe over Y[2] equipped with a trivialization under the change of its structure crossed module from L → M to 1 → N, and which is subjected to further conditions on higher fiber products Y[3], Y[4] and Y[5]. String structures can be described and classified using 2-crossed module bundle 2-gerbes.


2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 1571-1590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Murray ◽  
Danny Stevenson
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2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 65-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN L. CAREY ◽  
JOUKO MICKELSSON ◽  
MICHAEL K. MURRAY

This paper reviews recent work on a new geometric object called a bundle gerbe and discusses some new examples arising in quantum field theory. One application is to an Atiyah–Patodi–Singer index theory construction of the bundle of fermionic Fock spaces parameterized by vector potentials in odd space dimensions and a proof that this leads in a simple manner to the known Schwinger terms (Mickelsson–Faddeev cocycle) for the gauge group action. This gives an explicit computation of the Dixmier–Douady class of the associated bundle gerbe. The method also works in other cases of fermions in external fields (external gravitational field, for example) provided that the APS theorem can be applied; however, we have worked out the details only in the case of vector potentials. Another example, in which the bundle gerbe curvature plays a role, arises from the WZW model on Riemann surfaces. A further example is the "existence of string structures" question. We conclude by showing how global Hamiltonian anomalies fit within this framework.


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