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Comment on chiral and conformal anomalies

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

It is shown that the trace anomaly is also identified with the Jacobian factor for the functional measure under the conformal transformation in the path-integral formalism. The path-integral formulation of anomalous Ward-Takahashi identities is then translated into a simple algebraic characterization of chiral and conformal anomalies. This exemplifies some of the common features shared by the topological and nontopological anomalies.

Research Organization:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
OSTI ID:
5238587
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 44:26; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English