Topological sigma models

DOI10.1007/BF01466725zbMath0674.58047WikidataQ56270328 ScholiaQ56270328MaRDI QIDQ1121579

Edward Witten

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

supersymmetric nonlinear sigma modelBRSTBRST-invariant operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds (58J70) Analysis on supermanifolds or graded manifolds (58C50)

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