
arXiv: 1307.3632
Dijkgraaf-Witten theories are extended three-dimensional topological field theories of Turaev-Viro type. They can be constructed geometrically from categories of bundles via linearization. Boundaries and surface defects or interfaces in quantum field theories are of interest in various applications and provide structural insight. We perform a geometric study of boundary conditions and surface defects in Dijkgraaf-Witten theories. A crucial tool is the linearization of categories of relative bundles. We present the categories of generalized Wilson lines produced by such a linearization procedure. We establish that they agree with the Wilson line categories that are predicted by the general formalism for boundary conditions and surface defects in three-dimensional topological field theories that has been developed in arXive:1203.4568.
37 pages, several figures. version 2: typos corrected, bibliography updated, a few minor clarifications added. version 3: typos corrected
High Energy Physics - Theory, Dijkgraaf-Witten theories, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Mathematics - Quantum Algebra, FOS: Mathematics, Quantum Algebra (math.QA), FOS: Physical sciences, Mathematics - Category Theory, Category Theory (math.CT), Topological field theories in quantum mechanics, linearization of categories, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
High Energy Physics - Theory, Dijkgraaf-Witten theories, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Mathematics - Quantum Algebra, FOS: Mathematics, Quantum Algebra (math.QA), FOS: Physical sciences, Mathematics - Category Theory, Category Theory (math.CT), Topological field theories in quantum mechanics, linearization of categories, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
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