Axial-Anomaly-Induced Fermion Fractionization and Effective Gauge-Theory Actions in Odd-Dimensional Space-Times
- 5 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 51 (23) , 2077-2080
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.2077
Abstract
A new quantum field-theoretical technique is developed and used to explore the relationship between even-space-time-dimensional axial anomalies and background-field-induced fermion numbers and Euler-Heisenberg effective actions in odd-dimensional space-times.Keywords
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