BRS Cohomology in Topological String Theory and Integrable Systems

dc.creatorKanno, Hiroaki
dc.date1995-11-17
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dc.descriptionIn cohomological field theory we can obtain topological invariants as correlation functions of BRS cohomology classes. A proper understanding of BRS cohomology which gives non-trivial results requires the equivariant cohomology theory. Both topological Yang-Mills theory and topological string theory are typical examples of this fact. After reviewing the role of the equivariant cohomology in topological Yang-Mills theory, we show in purely algebraic framework how the $U(1)$ equivariant cohomology in topological string theory gives the gravitational descendants. The free energy gives a generating function of topological correlation functions and leads us to consider a deformation family of cohomological field theories. In topological strings such a family is controlled by the theory of integrable system. This is most easily seen in the Landau-Ginzburg approach by looking at the contact term interactions between topological observables.
dc.description17 pages, latex, no figures, Talk presented at International symposium on BRS symmetry, RIMS, Kyoto, September 18-22, 1995
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511125
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511125
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/54409
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleBRS Cohomology in Topological String Theory and Integrable Systems
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