B model
1 Definitions
We declare that and be scalars:
while and be components of a 1-form:
The action is:
The BV action is:
2 Action of diffeomorphisms
Let us consider the infinitesimal diffeomorphism (= vector field) of the worldsheet:
The corresponding BV generation function is where:
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:
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):
and the bracket of the term in Eq. (3) with :