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Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies (The International Series of Monographs on Physics)

By Kazuo Fujikawa , Hiroshi Suzuki

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0198529139, 9780198529132, 9781435620810
LCC
QC174.52.P37 F8513 2004
Open Library ID
OL22592155M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6214124 bytes)
Pages
296\297
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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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