Principal 3-Bundles with Adjusted Connections
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| author | Gagliardo, Gianni Saemann, Christian Tellez-Dominguez, Roberto |
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| contents | We explore the notion of an adjusted connection for principal 3-bundles. We first derive the explicit form of an adjustment datum for 3-term $L_\infty$-algebras, which allows us to give a local description of such adjusted connections and their infinitesimal symmetries. We then integrate the corresponding action Lie 3-algebroid to an action Lie 3-groupoid, encoding local connection forms with finite (higher) symmetries. This also yields the notion of an adjusted 2-crossed module of Lie groups. Stackifying the action Lie 3-groupoid then gives us the explicit description of principal 3-bundles with adjusted connections in terms of differential cohomology. These connections appear in a number of contexts within high-energy physics, and we list local examples arising in gauged supergravity as well as a global example arising in various contexts in string/M-theory. Our primary motivation, however, stems from U-duality, and we also define a notion of categorified torus that forms an adjusted 2-crossed module, which we hope to be useful in lifting T-duality to M-theory. |
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| spellingShingle | Principal 3-Bundles with Adjusted Connections Gagliardo, Gianni Saemann, Christian Tellez-Dominguez, Roberto Mathematical Physics High Energy Physics - Theory Differential Geometry We explore the notion of an adjusted connection for principal 3-bundles. We first derive the explicit form of an adjustment datum for 3-term $L_\infty$-algebras, which allows us to give a local description of such adjusted connections and their infinitesimal symmetries. We then integrate the corresponding action Lie 3-algebroid to an action Lie 3-groupoid, encoding local connection forms with finite (higher) symmetries. This also yields the notion of an adjusted 2-crossed module of Lie groups. Stackifying the action Lie 3-groupoid then gives us the explicit description of principal 3-bundles with adjusted connections in terms of differential cohomology. These connections appear in a number of contexts within high-energy physics, and we list local examples arising in gauged supergravity as well as a global example arising in various contexts in string/M-theory. Our primary motivation, however, stems from U-duality, and we also define a notion of categorified torus that forms an adjusted 2-crossed module, which we hope to be useful in lifting T-duality to M-theory. |
| title | Principal 3-Bundles with Adjusted Connections |
| topic | Mathematical Physics High Energy Physics - Theory Differential Geometry |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13368 |