Batalin-Vilkovisky integrals in finite dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.3278524zbMATH Open1274.81216arXiv0812.0464OpenAlexW2055909819MaRDI QIDQ3580899FDOQ3580899

Authors: Carlo Albert, Beatrice Bleile, Jürg Fröhlich 

Publication date: 13 August 2010

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

Abstract: The Batalin-Vilkovisky method (BV) is the most powerful method to analyze functional integrals with (infinite-dimensional) gauge symmetries presently known. It has been invented to fix gauges associated with symmetries that do not close off-shell. Homological Perturbation Theory is introduced and used to develop the integration theory behind BV and to describe the BV quantization of a Lagrangian system with symmetries. Localization (illustrated in terms of Duistermaat-Heckman localization) as well as anomalous symmetries are discussed in the framework of BV.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0464

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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