Higher dimensional local class field theory

Abstract: In this largely expository article we give an introduction to higher dimensional local class field theory, more precisely class field theory for smooth projective schemes over local fields. We begin with a quick summary of some of the main results of classical local class field theory. Then we explain the main definitions and statements in the higher dimensional setting. We give a new and simple proof of the $\ell$-part, which is originally due to Jannsen--Saito and Forré. Inspired by this proof, we propose a conjecture which would imply the remaining open cases with $p$-coefficients and which improves our understanding of the $p$-part. A particular goal of the exposition is to outline analogies between the classical and the higher dimensional theory and on how the unit filtration and ramification, i.e. the $p$- and the $\ell$-part, can be interpreted in the higher dimensional setting.