Global anomalies and algebraic topology

DOI10.1063/1.527881zbMath0653.55009OpenAlexW2045257079MaRDI QIDQ3799336

Yasunari Tosa, Albert T. Lundell

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527881

zbMATH Keywords

gauge transformationsSU(N)cohomology sequenceSO(N)global anomalyglobal pure gauge anomalySp(N)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes (55Q05) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Singular homology and cohomology theory (55N10) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10)

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