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Super algebras; bimodules; bundle gerbes; bicategories; Morita equivalence; 2 Stacks; descent; crossed modules; Clifford algebras
Super algebras; bimodules; bundle gerbes; bicategories; Morita equivalence; 2 Stacks; descent; crossed modules; Clifford algebras
Summary:
We develop a ready-to-use comprehensive theory for (super) 2-vector bundles over smooth manifolds. It is based on the bicategory of (super) algebras, bimodules, and intertwiners as a model for 2-vector spaces. We discuss symmetric monoidal structures and the corresponding notions of dualizability, and we derive a classification in terms of Cech cohomology with values in a crossed module. One important feature of our 2-vector bundles is that they contain bundle gerbes as well as ordinary algebra bundles as full sub-bicategories, and hence provide a unifying framework for these so far distinct objects. We provide several examples of isomorphisms between bundle gerbes and algebra bundles, coming from representation theory, twisted $K$-theory, and spin geometry.
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