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Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies

By Kazuo Fujikawa , Hiroshi Suzuki

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press; Published in the United States by Oxford University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0198529139, 9780198529132, 9781435620810
LCC
QC174.52.P37 F8513 2004
Open Library ID
OL22592155M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2572445 bytes)
Series
International series of monographs on physics 122 Oxford science publications
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
297\297
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

Description

The Feynman path integrals are becoming increasingly important in the applications of quantum mechanics and field theory. The path integral formulation of quantum anomalies, (i.e.: the quantum breaking of certain symmetries), can now cover all the known quantum anomalies in a coherent manner. In this book the authors provide an introduction to the path integral method in quantum field theory and its applications to the analysis of quantum anomalies. No previous knowledge of field theory beyond the advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics is assumed. The book provides the first coherent introductory treatment of the path integral formulation of chiral and Weyl anomalies, with applications to gauge theory in two and four dimensions, conformal field theory and string theory. Explicit and elementary path integral calculations of most of the quantum anomalies covered are given. The conceptual basis of the path integral bosonization in two-dimensional theory, which may have applications to condensed matter theory, for example is clarified. The book also covers the recent interesting developments in the treatment of fermions and chiral anomalies in lattice gauge theory.

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