Introduction to the BV-BFV formalism
Abstract
These notes give an introduction to the mathematical framework of the Batalin-Vilkovisky and Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky formalisms.
- Publication:
-
Reviews in Mathematical Physics
- Pub Date:
- 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S0129055X2030006X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1905.08047
- Bibcode:
- 2020RvMaP..3230006C
- Keywords:
-
- Quantum gauge field theories;
- manifolds with boundary;
- BV formalism;
- BFV formalism;
- topological field theories;
- Hodge decomposition;
- symplectic supermanifolds;
- AKSZ theories;
- Mathematical Physics;
- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- Mathematics - Quantum Algebra;
- Mathematics - Symplectic Geometry
- E-Print:
- 63 pages, 10 figures, minor changes made (added some references, corrected some typos and some small mistakes)