The closed state space of affine Landau-Ginzburg B-models (Q380279)

The article is devoted to the noncommutative geometry of affine Landau-Ginzburg models. The author works wit a \(k\)-linear category and a curved dg-algebra, where \(k\) is a ground field of zero characteristic. A curved dg-algebra is a triple \((A,d,W)\), where \(A\) is a graded associative algebra, \(d\) is a degree 1 derivation of \(A\), whilst \(W\) is a degree 2 element such that \(dW=0\) and \(d^2 = [W,-]\). A curved algebra is a curved dg-algebra, where \(d=0\), and hence \(W\) is central. Then modules over them are considered. De Rham differential and dual differential forms for them are introduced. Generalized trace maps and Hochschild homology are studied. Then the author investigates Landau-Ginzburg B-models. One of Segal's achievements consists in the construction of an explicit chain map from the Hochschild complex of the category to the closed state space of the model. In particular, he has proved that this chain map is a quasi-isomorphism from the Borel-Moore Hochschild complex. Moreover, with the help of the explicit chain map lowest order term Kapustin-Li's formula is derived for the correlator of an open-string state over a disc.