Worldline approach of topological BF theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.07.037zbMATH Open1247.81440arXivhep-th/0506054OpenAlexW2051731653MaRDI QIDQ451847FDOQ451847

Authors: Ichiro Oda, Mario Tonin 

Publication date: 25 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a worldline description of topological non-abelian BF theory in arbitrary space-time dimensions. It is shown that starting with a trivial classical action defined on the worldline, the BRST cohomology has a natural representation as the sum of the de Rham cohomology. Based on this observation, we construct a second-quantized action of the BF theory. Interestingly enough, this theory naturally gives us a minimal solution to the Batalin-Vilkovisky master equation of the BF theory. Our formalism sheds some light not only on an interplay between the Witten-type and the Schwarz-type topological quantum field theories but also on the role of the Batalin-Vilkovisky antifields and ghosts as geometrical and elementary objects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0506054

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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