Batalin-Vilkovisky integrals in finite dimensions

Title
Batalin-Vilkovisky integrals in finite dimensions
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Albert, Carlo
Bleile, Beatrice
Froehlich, Juerg
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1063/1.3278524
UNE publication id
une:5602
Abstract
The Batalin–Vilkovisky (BV) method is the most powerful method to analyze functional integrals with (infinite-dimensional) gauge symmetries presently known. It has been invented to fix gauges associated with symmetries that do not close off-shell. Homological perturbation theory is introduced and used to develop the integration theory behind BV and to describe the BV quantization of a Lagrangian system with symmetries. Localization (illustrated in terms of Duistermaat–Heckman localization) as well as anomalous symmetries are discussed in the framework of BV.
Link
Citation
Journal of Mathematical Physics, 51(1), p. 1-31
ISSN
1089-7658
0022-2488
Start page
1
End page
31

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