Reply to “Comment on ‘Topological invariants, instantons, and the chiral anomaly on spaces with torsion’ ”

@article{Chanda1997ReplyT,
  title={Reply to “Comment on ‘Topological invariants, instantons, and the chiral anomaly on spaces with torsion’ ”},
  author={Osvaldo Chand́ıa and Jorge Zanelli},
  journal={Physical Review D},
  year={1997},
  volume={63}
}
We respond to the comment by Kreimer et. al. about the torsional contribution to the chiral anomaly in curved spacetimes. We discuss their claims and refute its main conclusion. 
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