A path integral approach to the Kontsevich quantization formula.

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DOI10.1007/S002200000229zbMATH Open1038.53088arXivmath/9902090OpenAlexW3102069989MaRDI QIDQ1583871FDOQ1583871

Alberto Cattaneo, Giovanni Felder

Publication date: 2000

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

Abstract: We give a quantum field theory interpretation of Kontsevich's deformation quantization formula for Poisson manifolds. We show that it is given by the perturbative expansion of the path integral of a simple topological bosonic open string theory. Its Batalin-Vilkovisky quantization yields a superconformal field theory. The associativity of the star product, and more generally the formality conjecture can then be understood by field theory methods. As an application, we compute the center of the deformed algebra in terms of the center of the Poisson algebra.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9902090




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