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   • CommentTimeJun 22nd 2011
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   Format: MarkdownItexstarted [[self-dual higher gauge theory]]. Just minimal idea and list of references so far.

   started self-dual higher gauge theory. Just minimal idea and list of references so far.

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   • CommentTimeMay 31st 2014
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   Format: MarkdownItexAdded a section _[Definition (outline)](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual%20higher%20gauge%20theory#Definition)_

   Added a section Definition (outline)

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   • CommentTimeJun 17th 2019
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to * [[Varghese Mathai]], [[Hisham Sati]], _Higher abelian gauge theory associated to gerbes on noncommutative deformed M5-branes and S-duality_, J. Geom. Phys. 92:240-251, 2015 ([arXiv:1404.2257](https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.2257)) and * Christian Becker, [[Marco Benini]], [[Alexander Schenkel]], [[Richard Szabo]], _Abelian duality on globally hyperbolic spacetimes_, Commun. Math. Phys. 349, 361 (2017) ([arXiv:1511.00316](https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.00316)) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/49">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/49">v49</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   added pointer to

   • Varghese Mathai, Hisham Sati, Higher abelian gauge theory associated to gerbes on noncommutative deformed M5-branes and S-duality, J. Geom. Phys. 92:240-251, 2015 (arXiv:1404.2257)

   and

   • Christian Becker, Marco Benini, Alexander Schenkel, Richard Szabo, Abelian duality on globally hyperbolic spacetimes, Commun. Math. Phys. 349, 361 (2017) (arXiv:1511.00316)

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   • CommentTimeJul 27th 2019
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   Format: MarkdownItexFinally added pointer to the early reference * [[Marc Henneaux]], [[Claudio Teitelboim]], _Dynamics of chiral (self-dual) p-forms_, Physics Letters B Volume 206, Issue 4, 2 June 1988, Pages 650-654 (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(88)90712-5">doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90712-5</a>) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/52">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/52">v52</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   Finally added pointer to the early reference

   • Marc Henneaux, Claudio Teitelboim, Dynamics of chiral (self-dual) p-forms, Physics Letters B Volume 206, Issue 4, 2 June 1988, Pages 650-654 (doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90712-5)

   diff, v52, current

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   • CommentTimeDec 21st 2020
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to today's * [[C. A. Cremonini]], [[Pietro Grassi]], _Self-Dual Forms in Supergeometry I: The Chiral Boson_ ([arXiv:2012.10243](https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.10243)) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/57">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/57">v57</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   added pointer to today’s

   • C. A. Cremonini, Pietro Grassi, Self-Dual Forms in Supergeometry I: The Chiral Boson (arXiv:2012.10243)

   diff, v57, current

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   • CommentTimeJun 14th 2023
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   Format: MarkdownItexI have touched the first couple of paragraphs in the section on RR-fields ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory#RRFieldsin10d)), adding cross-links to * *[[K-theory classification of D-brane charge]]*, *[[Hodge-filtered differential cohomology]]* and *[[pre-metric electromagnetism]]* <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/59">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/59">v59</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   I have touched the first couple of paragraphs in the section on RR-fields (here), adding cross-links to

   • K-theory classification of D-brane charge, Hodge-filtered differential cohomology and pre-metric electromagnetism

   diff, v59, current

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   • CommentTimeOct 26th 2023
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   Format: MarkdownItexfinally added pointer to: * [[Ashoke Sen]], *Self-dual forms: Action, Hamiltonian and Compactification*, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, **53** 8 (2020) &lbrack;[arXiv:1903.12196](https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.12196), [doi:10.1088/1751-8121/ab5423](https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ab5423)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/62">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/62">v62</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   finally added pointer to:

   • Ashoke Sen, Self-dual forms: Action, Hamiltonian and Compactification, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 53 8 (2020) [arXiv:1903.12196, doi:10.1088/1751-8121/ab5423]

   diff, v62, current

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   • CommentTimeDec 16th 2023
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to some original articles on the "chiral boson": * Prem P. Srivastava, *Quantization of self-dual field revisited*, Phys. Rev. Lett. **63** (1989) 2791 &lbrack;[doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2791](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2791)&rbrack; * H. O. Girotti, M. Gomes, and V. O. Rivelles, *Chiral bosons through linear constraints*, Phys. Rev. D **45** (1992) R3329(R) &lbrack;[doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.45.R3329](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.R3329)&rbrack; * Yan-Gang Miao and H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten, *Self-duality of various chiral boson actions*, Phys. Rev. D **62** (2000) 045014 &lbrack;[doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.045014](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.045014)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/65">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/65">v65</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   added pointer to some original articles on the “chiral boson”:

   • Prem P. Srivastava, Quantization of self-dual field revisited, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63 (1989) 2791 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2791]

   • H. O. Girotti, M. Gomes, and V. O. Rivelles, Chiral bosons through linear constraints, Phys. Rev. D 45 (1992) R3329(R) [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.45.R3329]

   • Yan-Gang Miao and H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten, Self-duality of various chiral boson actions, Phys. Rev. D 62 (2000) 045014 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.045014]

   diff, v65, current

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   • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2024
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   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Laura Andrianopoli]], [[C. A. Cremonini]], [[Riccardo D'Auria]], [[Pietro A. Grassi]], R. Matrecano, R. Noris, [[Lucrezia Ravera]], [[Mario Trigiante]], *M5-brane in the superspace approach*, Phys. Rev. D **106** 2 (2022) 026010 &lbrack;[arXiv:2206.06388](https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.06388), [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.026010](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.026010)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/68">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/68">v68</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Laura Andrianopoli, C. A. Cremonini, Riccardo D’Auria, Pietro A. Grassi, R. Matrecano, R. Noris, Lucrezia Ravera, Mario Trigiante, M5-brane in the superspace approach, Phys. Rev. D 106 2 (2022) 026010 [arXiv:2206.06388, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.026010]

   diff, v68, current

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    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2024
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    Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to today's * Sujiphat Janaun, Anajak Phonchantuek, Pichet Vanichchapongjaroen, *Nonlinear chiral forms in the Sen formulation* &lbrack;[arXiv:2404.05380](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05380)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/70">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/70">v70</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

    added pointer to today’s

    • Sujiphat Janaun, Anajak Phonchantuek, Pichet Vanichchapongjaroen, Nonlinear chiral forms in the Sen formulation [arXiv:2404.05380]

    diff, v70, current

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    • CommentTimeAug 28th 2024
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    Format: MarkdownItexadded a couple more references * [[Neil Lambert]], _$(2,0)$ Lagrangian Structures_, Physics Letters B **798** (2019) 134948 &lbrack;[arXiv:1908.10752](https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10752), [doi;10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134948](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134948)&rbrack; * [[Dominik Rist]], [[Christian Saemann]], Miro van der Worp: *Towards an M5-Brane Model III: Self-Duality from Additional Trivial Fields*, J. High Energ. Phys. **2021** 36 (2021) &lbrack;<a href=" https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2021)036">doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2021)036</a>, [arXiv:2012.09253](https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09253)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/74">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory/74">v74</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/self-dual+higher+gauge+theory">current</a>

    added a couple more references

    • Neil Lambert, $(2,0)$ Lagrangian Structures, Physics Letters B 798 (2019) 134948 [arXiv:1908.10752, doi;10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134948]

    • Dominik Rist, Christian Saemann, Miro van der Worp: Towards an M5-Brane Model III: Self-Duality from Additional Trivial Fields, J. High Energ. Phys. 2021 36 (2021) [doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2021)036, arXiv:2012.09253]

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