A class of topological actions
Author(s) -
Michel Bauer,
G. Girardi,
R. Stora,
Frank Thuillier
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1126-6708
pISSN - 1029-8479
DOI - 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/027
Subject(s) - cohomology , mathematics , class (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , differential (mechanical device) , pure mathematics , algebra over a field , differential form , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , combinatorics , physics , artificial intelligence , geography , thermodynamics , archaeology
We review definitions of generalized parallel transports in terms ofCheeger-Simons differential characters. Integration formulae are given in termsof Deligne-Beilinson cohomology classes. These representations of paralleltransport can be extended to situations involving distributions as isappropriate in the context of quantized fields.Comment: 41 pages, no figure
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