Determinants, torsion, and strings

DOI10.1007/BF01221001zbMath0606.58013WikidataQ124968877 ScholiaQ124968877MaRDI QIDQ1084718

Daniel S. Freed

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

torsionDirac operatorstringanomaliesdeterminant line bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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