Topological field theories, string backgrounds and homotopy algebras
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v1 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
String backgrounds are described as purely geometric objects related to moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces, in the spirit of Segal's definition of a conformal field theory. Relations with conformal field theory, topological field theory and topological gravity are studied. For each field theory, an algebraic counterpart, the (homotopy) algebra satisfied by the tree level correlators, is constructed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9401023,
title = {Topological field theories, string backgrounds and homotopy algebras},
author = {Alexander A. Voronov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9401023},
year = {2008}
}
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12 pages