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PIRSA:17010004

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BV formalism and derived symplectic geometry

Rozenblyum, N. (2017). BV formalism and derived symplectic geometry. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/17010004

Nick Rozenblyum University of Chicago

Talk numberPIRSA:17010004
DOI10.48660/17010004
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We will describe a formulation of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism using derived symplectic geometry.  In this setting, the classical master equation of the BV formalism describes a space of coisotropic structures.  Using this approach, we resolve a conjecture of Felder-Kazhdan regarding BRST cohomology.  Time permitting, we will also describe applications of these ideas to more general quantization problems.