Anomaly inflow mechanism using Wilson lines
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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It is shown that the anomaly inflow mechanism can be implemented using Wilson lines in odd dimensional gauge theories. An action of Wess-Zumino-Witten type can be constructed using Wilson lines. The action is understood in the odd dimensional bulk space-time rather than in the even dimensional boundary. This action is not gauge invariant. It gives anomalous gauge variations of the consistent form on boundary space-times. So it can be used to cancel the quantum anomalies localized on boundary space-times. This offers a new way to cancel the gauge anomaly and construct anomaly-free gauge theory in odd dimensional space-time.
- OSTI ID:
- 21020186
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 75; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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