Gauge symmetry of the 3BF theory for a generic semistrict Lie three-group

@article{Radenkovi2022GaugeSO,
title={Gauge symmetry of the 3BF theory for a generic semistrict Lie three-group},
journal={Classical and Quantum Gravity},
year={2022},
volume={39}
}
• Published 11 January 2021
• Physics
• Classical and Quantum Gravity
The higher category theory can be employed to generalize the BF action to the so-called 3BF action, by passing from the notion of a gauge group to the notion of a gauge three-group. In this work we determine the full gauge symmetry of the 3BF action. To that end, the complete Hamiltonian analysis of the 3BF action for an arbitrary semistrict Lie three-group is performed, by using the Dirac procedure. The Hamiltonian analysis is the first step towards a canonical quantization of a 3BF theory…
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