Abstract
We describe the quantization of 2-plectic manifolds as they arise in the context of the quantum geometry of M-branes and non-geometric flux compactifications of closed string theory. We review the groupoid approach to quantizing Poisson manifolds in detail, and then extend it to the loop spaces of 2-plectic manifolds, which are naturally symplectic manifolds. In particular, we discuss the groupoid quantization of the loop spaces of R^3, T^3 and S^3, and derive some interesting implications which match physical expectations from string theory and M-theory.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 72 |
Journal | Reviews in Mathematical Physics |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2013 |
Keywords
- hep-th
- math-ph
- math.MP
- math.QA
- math.SG