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Holomorphic Poisson Field Theories

Mathematical Physics 2020-08-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Topology math.MP

Abstract

We construct a class of quantum field theories depending on the data of a holomorphic Poisson structure on a piece of the underlying spacetime. The main technical tool relies on a characterization of deformations and anomalies of such theories in terms of the Gelfand-Fuchs cohomology of formal Hamiltonian vector fields. In the case that the Poisson structure is non-degenerate such theories are topological in a certain weak sense, which we refer to as "de Rham topological". While the Lie algebra of translations acts in a homotopically trivial way, we will show that the space of observables of such a theory does not define an E_n-algebra. Additionally, we will highlight a conjectural relationship to theories of supergravity in four and five dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2008.02302,
  title  = {Holomorphic Poisson Field Theories},
  author = {Chris Elliott and Brian R Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.02302},
  year   = {2020}
}

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28 pages, comments welcome

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