Grassmannian and chiral anomaly

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-244

  Booss Bavnbek B ^a   Morchio, G ^b   Strocchi, F ^c   Wojciechowski, K P ^d  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atiyah Patodi Singer index theorem; Calder n projector; Chiral symmetry; Dirac operator; Elliptic boundary problems; Gauge invariance; Pseudo differential Grassmannian; Quantum chromodynamics; 5 Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161475     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0393-0440(96)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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