Non-Abelian Wilson Surfaces

Abstract

A definition of non-abelian genus zero open Wilson surfaces is proposed. The ambiguity in surface-ordering is compensated by the gauge transformations.

JHEP Latex, 10 pages, 6 figures; v2, refs and comments added in sec. 4

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• Differential Geometry of Gerbes
• Local symmetries of the non-Abelian two-form
• Gauge transformations of the non-Abelian two-form

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