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Title: Chiral anomaly, bosonization, and fractional charge

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

We present a method to evaluate the Jacobian of chiral rotations, regulating determinants through the proper-time method and using Seeley's asymptotic expansion. With this method we compute easily the chiral anomaly for ..nu.. = 4,6 dimensions, discuss bosonization of some massless two-dimensional models, and handle the problem of charge fractionization. In addition, we comment on the general validity of Fujikawa's approach to regulate the Jacobian of chiral rotations with non-Hermitian operators.

Research Organization:
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CNPq), Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150, 22290, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
OSTI ID:
5547201
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 31:12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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