A construction of observables for AKSZ sigma models

2012/12/23 by Mnev, Pavel · 1 citation
#Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1212.5751

Abstract

A construction of gauge-invariant observables is suggested for a class of topological field theories, the AKSZ sigma-models. The observables are associated to extensions of the target Q-manifold of the sigma model to a Q-bundle over it with additional Hamiltonian structure in fibers.

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