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1 Definitions
2 Action of diffeomorphisms
3 Closedness of

B model

1 Definitions

We declare that and be scalars:

while and be components of a 1-form:

The action is:

(1)

The BV action is:

(2)

2 Action of diffeomorphisms

Let us consider the infinitesimal diffeomorphism (= vector field) of the worldsheet:

The corresponding BV generation function is where:

(3)

The last term requires explanation. As is a scalar field, its antifield is a 2-form. The expression is the usual contraction of a vector field with the 2-form . Finally, should be understood in the following way. We interpret as a vector-valued two-form, i.e. a section of . We contract its vector index with the single remaining covector index of . What remains is a two-form, which is just integrated over .

Explicitly:

(4)

Identities useful in proving this:

3 Closedness of

We need to prove:

The only nontrivial computation is the bracket of the last term in Eq. (3) with the last line of (4):

(5)

and the bracket of the term in Eq. (3) with :

(6)

Eqs. (5) and (6) combine into which is the required term in