Batalin-Vilkovisky formality for Chern-Simons theory

Abstract

Abstract We prove that the differential graded Lie algebra of functionals associated to the Chern-Simons theory of a semisimple Lie algebra is homotopy abelian. For a general field theory, we show that the variational complex in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism is a differential graded Lie algebra.

Keywords

• Chern-Simons Theories
• BRST Quantization
• Topological Field Theories