Room P4.35, Mathematics Building

Aleksandar Mikovic, Universidade Lusófona and Grupo de Física Matemática
2-BF Theories

We will describe 2-BF topological field theories, which are categorical generalization of the BF theories. We will also explain how to construct invariants of manifolds by using 2-BF theory path integrals.

References

  1. João Faria Martins, Aleksandar Mikovic,. Lie crossed modules and gauge-invariant actions for 2-BF theories. Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. Volume 15, Number 4, 1059-1084 (2011).
  2. Aleksandar Mikovic, Marko Vojinovic, Poincaré 2-group and quantum gravity,. Class. Quant. Grav. 29, 165003 (2012).