TASI 2003 lectures on anomalies

Harvey, Jeffrey A.

TASI 2003 lectures on anomalies

Jeffrey A. Harvey
(
- Chicago U., EFI
)

Sep, 2005

59 pages

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Abstract:

These lecture notes review the structure of anomalies and present some of their applications in field theory, string theory and M theory. They expand on material presented at the TASI 2003 summer school and the 2005 International Spring School on String Theory in Hangzhou, China.

lectures: Boulder 2003/06/01
lectures: Boulder 2005/06/01
pi0: radiative decay
perturbation theory: higher-order
anomaly: axial
dimension: 2
quantum electrodynamics
fermion
current: conservation law
gauge field theory: Yang-Mills

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