Deformation of Batalin-Vilkovisky Structures
Symplectic Geometry
2017-08-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism is most general framework to construct consistent quantum field theories. Its mathematical structure is called {\it a Batalin-Vilkovisky structure}. First we explain rather mathematical setting of a Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism. Next, we consider deformation theory of a Batalin-Vilkovisky structure. Especially, we consider deformation of topological sigma models in any dimension, which is closely related to deformation theories in mathematics, including deformation from commutative geometry to noncommutative geometry. We obtain a series of new nontrivial topological sigma models and we find these models have the Batalin-Vilkovisky structures based on a series of new algebroids.
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@article{arxiv.math/0604157,
title = {Deformation of Batalin-Vilkovisky Structures},
author = {Noriaki Ikeda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604157},
year = {2017}
}
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