Anomalies in quantum field theory
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Anomalies in quantum field theory
(The international series of monographs on physics, 91)
Clarendon Press, 1996
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Bibliography: p. [545]-555
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
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
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