Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism as a theory of integration for polyvectors

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-65427-0_8zbMATH Open1378.81070arXiv1609.02326OpenAlexW2963589045MaRDI QIDQ4601541FDOQ4601541

Authors: Viet Dang Nguyen, Pierre J. Clavier 

Publication date: 16 January 2018

Published in: Quantization, Geometry and Noncommutative Structures in Mathematics and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism is a powerful generalization of the BRST approach of gauge theories and allows to treat more general field theories. We will see how, starting from the case of a finite dimensional configuration space, we can see this formalism as a theory of integration for polyvectors over the shifted cotangent bundle of the configuration space, and arrive at a formula that admits a generalization to the infinite dimensional case. The process of gauge fixing and the observables of the theory will be presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02326

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20)

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