Gauge theories with and without group actions and equivalences between them

Thomas Strobl (U Lyon)

Aug 26. 2021, 09:30 — 10:30

We review the construction of gauge theories beyond the standard setting of isometrical group actions on Riemannian manifolds. We then show how Morita equivalent target space data lead to physically equivalent gauge theories. 

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Geometry for Higher Spin Gravity: Conformal Structures, PDEs, and Q-manifolds (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Xavier Bekaert (U Tours)
Andreas Cap (U of Vienna)
Stefan Fredenhagen (U of Vienna)
Maxim Grigoriev (U of Mons)
Alexei Kotov (U Hradec Králové)