Symmetries of Topological Field Theories in the BV-framework

@article{Gieres2001SymmetriesOT,
  title={Symmetries of Topological Field Theories in the BV-framework},
  author={François Gieres and J. M. Grimstrup and Harald Nieder and T. Pisar and Manfred Schweda},
  journal={Physical Review D},
  year={2001},
  volume={66},
  pages={025027}
}
Topological eld theories of Schwarz-type generally admit symmetries whose algebra does not close o-shell, e.g. the basic symmetries of BF models or vector supersymmetry of the gauge-xed action for Chern-Simons theory (this symmetry being at the origin of the perturbative niteness of the theory). We present a detailed discussion of all these symmetries within the algebraic approach to the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism. Moreover, we discuss the general algebraic construction of topological models… 
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