Relative formality theorem and quantisation of coisotropic submanifolds

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Abstract: We prove a relative version of Kontsevich's formality theorem. This theorem involves a manifold M and a submanifold C and reduces to Kontsevich's theorem if C=M. It states that the DGLA of multivector fields on an infinitesimal neighbourhood of C is L-infinity-quasiisomorphic to the DGLA of multidifferential operators acting on sections of the exterior algebra of the conormal bundle. Applications to the deformation quantisation of coisotropic submanifolds are given. The proof uses a duality transformation to reduce the theorem to a version of Kontsevich's theorem for supermanifolds, which we also discuss. In physical language, the result states that there is a duality between the Poisson sigma model on a manifold with a D-brane and the Poisson sigma model on a supermanifold without branes (or, more properly, with a brane which extends over the whole supermanifold).


This paper proves a version of Kontsevich's formality theorem for supermanifolds. In 1997, M. Kontsevich showed his formality theorem which gives a solution to the deformation quantization problem. In this work, the authors show a relative version of this theorem. They show that the differential graded Lie algebra of multidifferential operators is quasi-isomorphic to its cohomology. Applications for coisotropic submanifolds are then given. The interpretation of the results in term of topological quantum field theory is also discussed. In particular, the duality between the Poisson sigma model on a manifold and the Poisson sigma model on a associated supermanifold is etablished.




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