P. Mansfield
The consistency of topological expansions in field theory: “BRST anomalies” in strings and Yang-Mills
Mansfield, P.
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Abstract
Many field theories of physical interest have configuration spaces consisting of disconnected components. Quantum mechanical amplitudes are then expressed as sums over these components. We use the Faddeev-Popov approach to write the terms in this topological expansion as moduli space integrals. A cutoff is needed when these integrals diverge. This introduces a dependence on the choice of parametrisation of configuration space which must be removed if the theory is to make physical sense. For theories that have a local symmetry this also leads to a breakdown in BRST invariance. We discuss in detail the cases of bosonic strings and Yang-Mills theory, showing how this arbitrariness may be removed by the use of a counterterm in the former case, and by compactification on S4 in the latter.
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Mansfield, P. (1994). The consistency of topological expansions in field theory: “BRST anomalies” in strings and Yang-Mills. Nuclear Physics B, 416(1), 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213%2894%2990583-5
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 25, 1993 |
Publication Date | Mar 21, 1994 |
Deposit Date | Jun 16, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
Print ISSN | 0550-3213 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 416 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 205-226 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213%2894%2990583-5 |
Related Public URLs | http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308117 |
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