Topological approach to examine the singularity of the axial-vector current in an Abelian gauge field theory (QED)

  • A topological way to distinguish divergences of the Abelian axial-vector current in quantum field theory is proposed. By using the properties of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, the non-trivial Jacobian factor of the integration measure in the path-integral formulation of the theory is connected with the topological properties of the gauge field. The singularity of the fermion current related to the topological character can be correctly examined in a gauge background.

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BAO Ai-Dong, YAO Hai-Bo and WU Shi-Shu. Topological approach to examine the singularity of the axial-vector current in an Abelian gauge field theory (QED)[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2009, 33(3): 177-180. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/33/3/003
BAO Ai-Dong, YAO Hai-Bo and WU Shi-Shu. Topological approach to examine the singularity of the axial-vector current in an Abelian gauge field theory (QED)[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2009, 33(3): 177-180.  doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/33/3/003 shu
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Topological approach to examine the singularity of the axial-vector current in an Abelian gauge field theory (QED)

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A topological way to distinguish divergences of the Abelian axial-vector current in quantum field theory is proposed. By using the properties of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, the non-trivial Jacobian factor of the integration measure in the path-integral formulation of the theory is connected with the topological properties of the gauge field. The singularity of the fermion current related to the topological character can be correctly examined in a gauge background.

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