Bicategories in field theories - an invitation
Thomas Nikolaus, Christoph Schweigert
TL;DR
This paper explores the application of bicategories in classical and quantum field theories, offering a modern perspective on foundational work in rational conformal field theory.
Contribution
It introduces bicategories as a framework for understanding field theories and revisits classical results with a new categorical approach.
Findings
Bicategories provide a unifying language for field theories.
Reinterpretation of Kreuzer and Schellekens' work using bicategories.
Potential for new insights in quantum and rational conformal field theories.
Abstract
We explain some applications of bicategories in both classical and quantum field theory. This includes a modern perspective on some pioneering work of Max Kreuzer and Bert Schellekens on rational conformal field theory.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models · Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology · Advanced Topics in Algebra