String Theory Journal Club

In this talk, I will introduce the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism, a framework that utilizes homological algebra to construct and study gauge theories. I will begin by discussing the motivation for developing the BV formalism, highlighting the challenges it addresses in quantizing gauge theories. Following this, I will cover the necessary mathematical background and BV formalism itself. Finally, I will conclude the presentation with a practical working example to illustrate the formalism's application.