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# Lectures on Anomalies

@article{Bilal2008LecturesOA,
title={Lectures on Anomalies},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory},
year={2008}
}
• A. Bilal
• Published 5 February 2008
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory
These lectures on anomalies are relatively self-contained and intended for graduate students in theoretical high-energy physics who are familiar with the basics of quantum eld theory. More elaborate concepts are introduced when needed. We begin with several derivations of the abelian anomaly: anomalous transformation of the measure, explicit computation of the triangle Feynman diagram, relation to the index of the Euclidean Dirac operator. The chiral (non-abelian) gauge anomaly is derived by…
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