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The Spinning Particle with Curved Target

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We extend our previous calculation of the BV cohomology of the spinning particle with a flat target to the general case, in which the target carries a non-trivial pseudo-Riemannian metric and a magnetic field.

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    Ezra Getzler

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Getzler, E. The Spinning Particle with Curved Target. Commun. Math. Phys. 352, 185–199 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-016-2764-y

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