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Quantum field theoretic representation of Wilson surfaces: II higher topological coadjoint orbit model
Roberto Zucchini
This is the second of a series of two papers devoted to the partition function realization of Wilson surfaces in strict higher gauge theory. A higher 2--dimensional counterpart of…
Quantum field theoretic representation of Wilson surfaces: I higher coadjoint orbit theory
Roberto Zucchini
This is the first of a series of two papers devoted to the partition function realization of Wilson surfaces in strict higher gauge theory. A higher version of the Kirillov-Kostant…
4-d Chern-Simons Theory: Higher Gauge Symmetry and Holographic Aspects
Roberto Zucchini
We present and study a 4d Chern-Simons (CS) model whose gauge symmetry is encoded in a balanced Lie group crossed module. Using the derived formal set-up recently found, the model…
Wilson Surfaces for Surface Knots
Roberto Zucchini
Holonomy invariants in strict higher gauge theory have been studied in depth, aiming to applications to higher Chern-Simons theory. For a flat 2-connection, the holonomy of surface…
Exact renormalization group in Batalin--Vilkovisky theory
Roberto Zucchini
In this paper, inspired by the Costello's seminal work, we present a general formulation of exact renormalization group (RG) within the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) quantization scheme.…
Algebraic formulation of higher gauge theory
Roberto Zucchini
In this paper, we present a purely algebraic formulation of higher gauge theory and gauged sigma models based on the abstract theory of graded commutative algebras and their morphi…