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Quantum Dynamics on the Worldvolume from Classical su(n) Cohomology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-12-19 v3

Abstract

A key symmetry of classical pp-branes is invariance under worldvolume diffeomorphisms. Under the assumption that the worldvolume, at fixed values of the time, is a compact, quantisable K\"ahler manifold, we prove that the Lie algebra of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms of the worldvolume can be approximated by su(n)su(n), for nn\to\infty. We also prove, under the same assumptions regarding the worldvolume at fixed time, that classical Nambu brackets on the worldvolume are quantised by the multibrackets corresponding to cocycles in the cohomology of the Lie algebra su(n)su(n).

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@article{arxiv.0804.1060,
  title  = {Quantum Dynamics on the Worldvolume from Classical su(n) Cohomology},
  author = {José M. Isidro and Pedro Fernández de Córdoba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1060},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

This is a contribution to the Special Issue on Deformation Quantization, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/

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