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| Natura: | Preprint |
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2026
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| Accesso online: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10416 |
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- We derive higher Wess--Zumino--Witten (WZW) and gauged WZW (gWZW) terms within strict higher Chern--Simons (CS) gauge theory. Starting from the Cartan homotopy formula, we obtain the $(2n+2)$-dimensional higher CS forms and transgression forms for strict Lie 2-groups presented by Lie crossed modules. Given two 2-connections related by a higher gauge transformation, higher transgression forms yield canonical higher WZW and gWZW terms. We prove that, for the symmetric invariant polynomial associated with differential crossed modules, the pure-gauge higher WZW term vanishes identically, whereas the higher gWZW term is exact. Consequently, the higher CS action is higher-gauge invariant on closed manifolds, and on manifolds with boundary all gauge dependence is encoded in boundary terms.