On odd Laplace operators. II

Details On odd Laplace operators. II On odd Laplace operators. II

2002-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/math/0212311v2

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

35 pages, LaTeX 2e; minor editing for final version

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We analyze geometry of the second order differential operators, having in mind applications to Batalin--Vilkovisky formalism in quantum field theory. As we show, an exhaustive picture can be obtained by considering pencils of differential operators acting on densities of all weights simultaneously. The algebra of densities, which we introduce here, has a natural invariant scalar product. Using it, we prove that there is a one-to-one correspondence between second-order operators in this algebra and the corresponding brackets. A bracket on densities incorporates a bracket on functions, an ``upper connection'' in the bundle of volume forms, and a term similar to the ``Brans--Dicke field'' of the Kaluza--Klein formalism. These results are valid for even operators on a usual manifold as well as for odd operators on a supermanifold. For an odd operator $\Delta$ we show that conditions on the order of the operator $\Delta^2$ give an hierarchy of properties such as flatness of the upper connection and the Batalin--Vilkovisky master equation. In particular, we obtain a complete description of generating operators for an arbitrary odd Poisson bracket.

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