Anomalies and Invertible Field Theories
Daniel S. Freed
TL;DR
This paper offers a modern geometric perspective on quantum field theory anomalies, exemplified through supersymmetric quantum mechanics, and discusses their implications for string theory anomalies.
Contribution
It introduces a geometric framework for understanding anomalies and applies it to supersymmetric quantum mechanics and string theory contexts.
Findings
Geometric interpretation of anomalies in quantum field theory
Application to supersymmetric quantum mechanics
Insights into worldsheet anomalies in string theory
Abstract
We give a modern geometric viewpoint on anomalies in quantum field theory and illustrate it in a 1-dimensional theory: supersymmetric quantum mechanics. This is background for the resolution of worldsheet anomalies in orientifold superstring theory.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories