BRST treatment of zero modes for the worldline formalism in curved space

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2004/01/023zbMATH Open1243.81211arXivhep-th/0312064OpenAlexW2082553004MaRDI QIDQ438308FDOQ438308

Authors: Fiorenzo Bastianelli, Olindo Corradini, Andrea Zirotti 

Publication date: 30 July 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: One-loop quantities in QFT can be computed in an efficient way using the worldline formalism. The latter rests on the ability of calculating 1D path integrals on the circle. In this paper we give a systematic discussion for treating zero modes on the circle of 1D path integrals for both bosonic and supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models, following an approach originally introduced by Friedan. We use BRST techniques and place a special emphasis on the issue of reparametrization invariance. Various examples are extensively analyzed to verify and test the general set-up. In particular, we explicitly check that the chiral anomaly, which can be obtained by the semiclassical approximation of a supersymmetric 1D path integral, does not receive higher order worldline contributions, as implied by supersymmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312064

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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