Extended quantum field theory, index theory, and the parity anomaly

DOI10.1007/S00220-018-3169-XzbMath1401.81075arXiv1709.03860OpenAlexW2755421809MaRDI QIDQ1673730

Lukas Müller, Richard J. Szabo

Publication date: 13 September 2018

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03860

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theorymanifolds with cornersbicatogoriesparity anomaly

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Related Items (8)

Parallel transport of higher flat gerbes as an extended homotopy quantum field theory ⋮ 't Hooft anomalies of discrete gauge theories and non-abelian group cohomology ⋮ Two-dimensional extended homotopy field theories ⋮ Gravitational parity anomaly with and without boundaries ⋮ Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem and the filling constraint ⋮ The chiral anomaly of the free fermion in functorial field theory ⋮ Geometry and 2-Hilbert space for nonassociative magnetic translations ⋮ Extended homotopy quantum field theories and their orbifoldization

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