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arxiv: hep-th/0512241 · v2 · submitted 2005-12-19 · ✦ hep-th

Gerbes and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords heisenbergphaseprincipleuncertaintycechcertainclassicalcocycles
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We prove that a gerbe with a connection can be defined on classical phase space, taking the U(1)-valued phase of certain Feynman path integrals as Cech 2-cocycles. A quantisation condition on the corresponding 3-form field strength is proved to be equivalent to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

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