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We study bulk-boundary correlators in topological open membranes. The basic example is the open membrane with a WZ coupling to a 3-form. We view the bulk interaction as a deformation of the boundary string theory. This boundary string has the structure of a homotopy Lie algebra, which can be viewed as a closed string field theory. We calculate the leading order perturbative expansion of this structure. For the 3-form field we find that the C-field induces a trilinear bracket, deforming the Lie algebra structure. This paper is the first step towards a formal universal quantization of general quasi-Lie bialgebroids.
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Communicated by M.R. Douglas
Dept. of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Mathematics Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA
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Hofman, C., Park, JS. BV Quantization of Topological Open Membranes. Commun. Math. Phys. 249, 249–271 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-004-1106-7
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