Notes on derived geometric formulations in physics


Berktav K. İ.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMETRIC METHODS IN MODERN PHYSICS, cilt.19, sa.10, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/s0219887822300057
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMETRIC METHODS IN MODERN PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Communication Abstracts, Metadex, zbMATH, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This is an overview on certain higher structural constructions in physics. Main motivations of our current attempt are as follows: (i) to provide a brief introduction to the basics of derived algebraic geometry, (ii) to understand how certain derived objects naturally appear in physics and give rise to a formal mathematical treatment, and (iii) to investigate how the notion of a factorization algebra together with certain higher categorical structures come into play to encode the structure of observables in physics. Adopting such a heavy and relatively enriched language allows us to formalize the notions of quantization and observables in quantum field theory as well. This document is organized to explain the underlying mathematical treatment for each task in an expository manner.