On a canonical lift of Artin's representation to loop braid groups

Each pointed topological space has an associated π-module, obtained from action of its first homotopy group on its second homotopy group. For the 3-ball with a trivial link with n-components removed from its interior, its π-module is of free type. In this paper we give an injection of the (extended) loop braid group into the group of automorphisms of . We give a topological interpretation of this injection, showing that it is both an extension of Artin's representation for braid groups and of Dahm's homomorphism for (extended) loop braid groups.