A classification of equivariant gerbe connections

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a compact Lie group acting on a smooth manifold [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we consider Meinrenken’s [Formula: see text]-equivariant bundle gerbe connections on [Formula: see text] as objects in a 2-groupoid. We prove this 2-category is equivalent to the 2-groupoid of gerbe connections on the differential quotient stack associated to [Formula: see text], and isomorphism classes of [Formula: see text]-equivariant gerbe connections are classified by degree 3 differential equivariant cohomology. Finally, we consider the existence and uniqueness of conjugation-equivariant gerbe connections on compact semisimple Lie groups.