Geometry of BV Quantization and Mathai-Quillen Formalism

Mathai-Quillen (MQ) formalism is a prescription to construct a Gaussian shaped Thom form for a vector bundle. The aim of this master thesis is to formulate a new Thom form representative using geometrical aspects of Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) quantization. In the first part of the work we review the BV...

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Main Author: Tizzano, Luigi
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Teoretisk fysik 2013
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-210071