Topology and the axial anomaly in abelian lattice gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 538, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 515-529

  Lüscher, Martin ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomaly cancellation; Chiral symmetry; Elementary particle physics; Lattice gauge theory; Topological charge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033545139     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00680-4     Document Type: Article

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