Anomalies, dimensional regularization, and the heat kernel

Journal Article · Sun Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.32.3300· OSTI ID:6387345

Delbourgo, R; Thompson, G

In the context of dimensional continuation, it is shown that axial anomalies are associated with chiral noninvariance of the action (but not of the measure) and they can be extracted nonperturbatively from the heat kernel. Other techniques where the action is deemed invariant but the functional integral measure is not are shown to be equivalent.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
• OSTI ID: 6387345
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 32:12; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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