Wilson Surfaces for Surface Knots
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✦ hep-th
math-phmath.MP
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beensurfacetheorygaugehigherholonomyinvariantsknots
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Holonomy invariants in strict higher gauge theory have been studied in depth, aiming to applications to higher Chern-Simons theory. For a flat 2-connection, the holonomy of surface knots of arbitrary genus has been defined and its covariance properties under 1-gauge transformation and change of base data have been determined. Using quandle theory, a definition of trace over a crossed module has been given that yields surface knot invariants upon application to 2-holonomies.
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