nLab
prequantum circle n-bundle

Context

Geometric quantization

Bundles

Contents

Idea

In higher geometric prequantization (see there for more details for the moment) the notion of prequantum circle bundle is refined to that of a prequantum circle n-bundle with connection for all n.

extended prequantum field theory

0kn(off-shell) prequantum (n-k)-bundletraditional terminology
0differential universal characteristic maplevel
1prequantum (n-1)-bundleWZW bundle (n-2)-gerbe
kprequantum (n-k)-bundle
n1prequantum 1-bundle(off-shell) prequantum bundle
nprequantum 0-bundleaction functional

Revised on March 30, 2013 15:05:37 by Urs Schreiber (82.113.99.161)