Anomalies in Quantum Field Theory
Published on 1. March 1996
Book
Hardback
579 pages
978-0-19-852047-4 (ISBN)
Description
An anomaly is the failure of a classical symmetry to survive the process of quantization and regularization. The study of anomalies has played an important role in quantum field theory in the last 20 years, a role which is described clearly and comprehensively in this book. The author approaches the subject through differential geometry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous line figures, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-852047-4 (9780198520474)
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Content
1.: Introduction. 2.: Differential geometry, topology and fibre bundles. 3.: Path integrals, FP method and BRS transformation. 4.: Anomalies in QFT. 5.: Path integral and anomaly. 6.: Physics in terms of differential forms. 7.: Chern-Simons form, homotopy operator and anomaly. 8.: Consistent anomaly. 9.: Stora-Zumino chain of descent equations. 10.: Convenient anomaly. 11.: Index and anomaly. 12.: Gravitation. Bibliography