Homotopy colimits and global observables in Abelian gauge theory
(2015)
Journal Article
Benini, M., Schenkel, A., & Szabo, R. J. (2015). Homotopy colimits and global observables in Abelian gauge theory. Letters in Mathematical Physics, 105(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-015-0765-y
We study chain complexes of field configurations and observables for Abelian gauge theory on contractible manifolds, and show that they can be extended to non-contractible manifolds by using techniques from homotopy theory. The extension prescription... Read More about Homotopy colimits and global observables in Abelian gauge theory.