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Are Picard stacks group objects in the category of algebraic stacks
I've been wondering about what a "group algebraic stack" should be, and ran into the notion of a Picard stack.
I'm slightly confused by the terminology here.
Given an algebraic stack $\mathcal X$ ...
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Picard group of classifying stack
Suppose $S$ is a scheme, and $G$ a smooth $S$-group scheme.
Then there exists an algebraic stack BG called the classifying stack of $G$, defined as the quotient stack $[S/G]$ where $G$ acts trivially ...