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The spinning particle with curved target
We extend our previous calculation [arXiv:1511.02135] of the BV cohomology of
the spinning particle with a flat target to the general case, in which the
target carries a non-trivial pseudo-Riemannian metric and a magnetic field
Manin pairs and topological field theory
Kazama has described an extension of the N=2 superconformal algebra in which
the operator product of G^- with itself is singular. In this paper, we relate
actions of this chiral algebra to Drinfeld's theory of Manin pairs, or
equivalently, quasi-Lie bialgebras. We also show how to couple topological
conformal field theories with this symmetry to topological gravity. As an
application, we demonstrate the equivalence of the SL(2)/SL(2) model to a
deformed SL(2)/SO(2) model tensored with a free field theory. (Revisions
correct some minor errors.)Comment: 36 page
Laying the Foundation: The Private Rental Market and Affordable Housing
The private rental housing market plays a critical, and often overlooked, role in shaping the lives of the poor and the surrounding community. This brief Article presents Matthew Desmond’s rich portrayal of low-income tenants and their landlords in his groundbreaking new book, Evicted, which shows how poor housing conditions and cycles of eviction impact poor families. The Article, which also draws upon Courtney Anderson’s work connecting housing instability with problematic student turnover at an elementary school, highlights the importance of story-telling. Without some sort of subsidy to cover the gap between the ability of the poor to pay for housing and the costs of construction and maintenance, the private market cannot supply additional affordable housing. Arguably, in such a reality, it is imperative that scholars make the choice Desmond made: to deliberately de-emphasize empirical studies and instead rely on stories to put human faces on the suffering connected to the existing structure of lowincome private rental housing
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