Lectures on Cohomology, T-Duality, and Generalized Geometry

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-11897-5_5zbMath1255.83004OpenAlexW38336401MaRDI QIDQ3172157

Peter Bouwknegt

Publication date: 5 October 2011

Published in: New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11897-5_5

zbMATH Keywords

cohomologyT-dualityLie algebroidsgauge fieldsCourant algebroidsB-fielddifferential charactersteaching of quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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