Covariance in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism and the Maurer-Cartan equation for curved Lie algebras

DOI10.1007/s11005-018-1106-8zbMath1459.70048arXiv1801.04525OpenAlexW3102992357MaRDI QIDQ1731138

Ezra Getzler

Publication date: 20 March 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04525

zbMATH Keywords

variational calculussupergravityspinning particleBatalin-Vilkovisky field theoryThom-Whitney normalization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supergravity (83E50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) General theory of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures, symmetries, conservation laws (37K06)

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4-Manifold topology, Donaldson–Witten theory, Floer homology and higher gauge theory methods in the BV-BFV formalism, DGLA Dg and BV formalism, Equivariant Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, General covariance from the viewpoint of stacks, Batalin-Vilkovisky formality for Chern-Simons theory

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