UID:
almahu_9947923374902882
Format:
V, 319 p. 1 illus.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9783540397465
Series Statement:
Lecture Notes in Physics, 244
Note:
Classical Yang-mills theory -- Path integral quantization of gauge theories -- Background field methods -- Instantons and ?-Vacua -- Schwinger model (QED)2 -- Chiral anomaly in (QCD)2 -- Fujikawa's path integral method -- Chiral anomaly in the Schwinger-Symanzik formalism -- Anomalous ward identities à la Wess-Zumino -- Topological aspects of the Wess-Zumino effective action -- Topological baryon number and the Skyrme model -- The Atiyah-Singer index theorem (for the Euclidean Dirac operator) -- Chiral anomalies and differential geometry -- Effective gauge theory actions in (2n + 1) dimensions -- Chiral anomaly with gravitational background field -- Vacuum charge in 2n + 1 dimensions.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540160649
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/3-540-16064-7
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-16064-7