Abstract
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 using techniques from homotopy theory. The extension prescription yields functors from a category of manifolds to suitable categories of chain complexes. The extended functors properly describe the global field and observable content of Abelian gauge theory, while the original gauge field configurations and observables on contractible manifolds are recovered up to a natural weak equivalence.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1193-1222 |
Journal | Letters in Mathematical Physics |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 30 May 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2015 |
Keywords
- Abelian gauge theory
- chain complexes
- global configurations and observables
- homotopy limits and colimits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematical Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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Richard Joseph Szabo
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- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Mathematics - Professor
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