This book presents a modern view of anomalies in quantum field
theories. It is divided into six parts. The first part is preparatory
covering an introduction to fermions, a description of the classical
symmetries, and a short introduction to conformal symmetry. The second
part of the book is devoted to the relation between anomalies and
cohomology. The third part deals with perturbative methods to compute
gauge, diffeomorphism and trace anomalies. In the fourth part the same
anomalies are calculated with non-perturbative heat-kernel-like
methods. Part five is devoted to the family's index theorem and its
application to chiral anomalies, and to the differential characters
and their applications to global anomalies. Part six is devoted to
special topics including a complete calculation of trace and
diffeomorphism anomalies of a Dirac fermion in a MAT background in
two dimensions, Wess-Zumino terms in field theories, sigma models,
their local and global anomalies and their cancelation, and finally
the analysis of the worldsheet, sigma model, and target space
anomalies of string and superstring theories. The book is targeted to
researchers and graduate students.
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ISBN
9783031219283
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Springer Nature
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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