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Physical intuition behind Kontsevich's deformation quantization formula

Kontsevich gives a construction that produces deformation quantization of $C^\infty(M)$ for general Poisson manifolds $M$. The resulting formula (on $\mathbb{R}^n$) is $$ f\star g = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \...
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The equivalence of stochastic quantization and path integral quantization

I am looking for a reference in which the equivalence of stochastic quantization and path integral quantization has been shown. It would be great if I can see such a relation for a Euclidean quantum ...
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Yang-Mills theory with non-compact gauge groups G

Physicists are familiar working with Yang-Mills theory with compact and semi-simple gauge groups $G$ (Lie groups). However, it is not entirely clear the formulation of Yang-Mills theory with non-...
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basic questions on quantum integrable systems

I have been learning about (classical) integrable systems lately, e.g. in the examples of a Lax pair etc. I frequently run into the term 'quantum integrable system'. May I ask a few questions: What ...
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What is the relation between BRST quantization and gauge fixing quantization

To quantize gauge field, one usually use gauge-fixing procedure and then plus ghost field, my question is what the relation between BRST quantization and gauge fixing quantization is? Because it seems ...
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Quantization by cohomology

Ok, so I have heard some cool stuff here and there about how to Quantize Yang-Mills via cohomology, can anyone refer any texts in the literature that have shed some light on this, I mean I have some ...