Einstein field equations, Courant algebroids and Homotopy algebras
Speaker:
Anton Zeitlin, Columbia University
Date and Time:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 11:10am to 1:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 210
Abstract:
We demonstrate that the Einstein field equations with extra fields known as B-field and dilaton, have a nontrivial underlying algebraic structure, known as homotopy Gerstenhaber algebra. Such homotopy algebra is a natural object associated to Courant algebroid in the vertex algebra formalism. We show that the Einstein equations coincide with the Maurer-Cartan equations for the L-infinity part of such Gerstenhaber algebra.