Holomorphic Poisson field theories

zbMATH Open1486.81148arXiv2008.02302MaRDI QIDQ5037511FDOQ5037511

Authors: Chris Elliott, Brian R. Williams 

Publication date: 1 March 2022

Abstract: We construct a class of quantum field theories depending on the data of a holomorphic Poisson structure on a piece of the underlying spacetime. The main technical tool relies on a characterization of deformations and anomalies of such theories in terms of the Gelfand-Fuchs cohomology of formal Hamiltonian vector fields. In the case that the Poisson structure is non-degenerate such theories are topological in a certain weak sense, which we refer to as "de Rham topological". While the Lie algebra of translations acts in a homotopically trivial way, we will show that the space of observables of such a theory does not define an E_n-algebra. Additionally, we will highlight a conjectural relationship to theories of supergravity in four and five dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.02302

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zbMATH Keywords

Poisson structuresquantum field theoryanomaliessupergravityfactorization algebrasGelfand-Fuchs cohomology\(\mathbb{E}_n\)-algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson algebras (17B63) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Supergravity (83E50) (infty)-operads and higher algebra (18N70)

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