Bulk-boundary OPE and deformation matching conjecture for branes

Let X=Spec(A)X=\operatorname{Spec}(\mathcal A) be an affine scheme associated with an associative algebra A\mathcal A, and let E\mathcal E and F\mathcal F be sheaves or branes on XX. In the B-model, consider the pairing

H0(X,ΛiTX)×ExtXn(E,F)Hi(gln(A),Sjgln(A))×ExtXn(E,F)ExtXn+i(E,F).H^0(X,\Lambda^iTX)\times \operatorname{Ext}_X^n(\mathcal E,\mathcal F)\longrightarrow H^i(\operatorname{gl}_n(\mathcal A),S^j\operatorname{gl}_n(\mathcal A)^*)\times \operatorname{Ext}_X^n(\mathcal E,\mathcal F)\longrightarrow \operatorname{Ext}_X^{n+i}(\mathcal E,\mathcal F).

Bulk-boundary deformation conjecture. Such a mathematical pairing should realize a bulk-boundary operator product expansion under deformation of the BRST operator, and mathematical or geometrical deformations of a sheaf should match physical deformations of the corresponding branes in the sigma model.

The claim proposes a correspondence between bulk polyvector fields, boundary Ext groups, and physical brane deformations. The source presents it as a natural conjecture but gives no verification or resolution, so its general validity remains open.

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A. A. Bytsenko, M. Chaichian, A. Tureanu and F. L. Williams, “BRST-Invariant Deformations of Geometric Structures in Topological Field Theories”, arXiv:1306.0373 (2013).

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