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Title: Holomorphic Poisson Field Theories (English)
Author: Elliott, Chris
Author: Williams, Brian R.
Language: English
Journal: Higher Structures
ISSN: 2209-0606
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2021
Pages: 282-309
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: We construct a class of quantum field theories depending on the data of a holomorphic Poisson structure on a piece of the underlying spacetime. The main technical tool relies on a characterization of deformations and anomalies of such theories in terms of the Gelfand--Fuchs cohomology of formal Hamitlonian vector fields. In the case that the Poisson structure is non-degenerate such theories are topological in a certain weak sense, which we refer to as “de Rham topological”. While the Lie algebra of translations acts in a homotopically trivial way, we will show that the space of observables of such a theory does not define an $\Bbb E_n$-algebra. Additionally, we will highlight a conjectural relationship to theories of supergravity in four and five dimensions. (English)
Keyword: Quantum field theory
Keyword: anomalies
Keyword: factorization algebras
Keyword: $\Bbb E_n$-algebras
Keyword: Gelfand–Fuchs cohomology
Keyword: Poisson structures
Keyword: supergravity
MSC: 17B65
MSC: 18N70
MSC: 81T50
idZBL: Zbl 1486.81148
idMR: MR4367223
DOI: 10.21136/HS.2021.08
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Date available: 2026-03-13T05:37:36Z
Last updated: 2026-03-13
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/153440
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