Publication:4840059

zbMath0871.17021arXivhep-th/9212072MaRDI QIDQ4840059

Michael Penkava, Albert S. Schwarz

Publication date: 1 October 1997

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9212072

zbMATH Keywords

string field theory; Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras; Gerstenhaber algebra; cohomology of algebras; super algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

17B68: Virasoro and related algebras

81R10: Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

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