scholarly journals Erratum: On topological boundary characteristics in nonabelian gauge theory [J. Math. Phys. 24, 2528 (1983)]

1986 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 419-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Cronström ◽  
J. Mickelsson
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Mathieu ◽  
Nicholas Teh

Abstract Recent years have seen a renewed interest in using ‘edge modes’ to extend the pre-symplectic structure of gauge theory on manifolds with boundaries. Here we further the investigation undertaken in [1] by using the formalism of homotopy pullback and Deligne- Beilinson cohomology to describe an electromagnetic (EM) duality on the boundary of M = B3 × ℝ. Upon breaking a generalized global symmetry, the duality is implemented by a BF-like topological boundary term. We then introduce Wilson line singularities on ∂M and show that these induce the existence of dual edge modes, which we identify as connections over a (−1)-gerbe. We derive the pre-symplectic structure that yields the central charge in [1] and show that the central charge is related to a non-trivial class of the (−1)-gerbe.


1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Zaikov

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