Path Integrals and Quantum Anomalies: 122 (International Series of Monographs on Physics) - Hardcover

Fujikawa, Kazuo; Suzuki, Hiroshi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198529139 ISBN 13: 9780198529132

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2004

Synopsis

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 analyses 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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About the Author

Prof. Kazuo Fujikawa, Dept of Physics, University of Tokyo, fujikawa@hep-th.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Prof. Hiroshi Suzuki, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Ibaraki University, hsuzuki@serra.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198529139
• ISBN 13: 9780198529132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296