Citation: Dijkgraaf, Robbert, Vincent Pasquier, and Philippe Roche. "Quasi-quantum groups related to orbifold models." Proc. Modern Quantum Field Theory, Tata Institute, Bombay (1990): 375-383.
Tags: Foundational, Mathematical, Kitaev-quantum-double, TQFT, Quantum-groups
This paper introduced the twisted quantum double construction associated to any finite group G and twisting cocycle \omega. This work was then elaborated on in
> Dijkgraaf, Robbert, Vincent Pasquier, and Philippe Roche. "Quasi hopf algebras, group cohomology and orbifold models." Nuclear Physics B-Proceedings Supplements 18.2 (1991): 60-72.
This mathematical work arose out of the need to understand the then-new Dijkgraaf-Witten theory:
> Dijkgraaf, Robbert, and Edward Witten. "Topological gauge theories and group cohomology." Communications in Mathematical Physics 129 (1990): 393-429.