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Dewey Class	530.143 (DDC 22)
Title	Path integrals and quantum anomalies ([Ebook]) / Kazuo Fujikawa and Hiroshi Suzuki.
Author	Fujikawa, Kazuo
Added Personal Name	Suzuki, Hiroshi, 1964 Jan. 7-
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2007
Physical Details	1 online resource
Series	International series of monographs on physics ; 122
ISBN	9780191712821
Note	Print publication date: 2004 . - Print ISBN-13: 9780198529132. - Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Summary Note	This book provides an introduction to the path integral formulation of quantum field theory and its applications to the analyses of symmetry breaking by the quantization procedure. This symmetry breaking is commonly called the ‘quantum anomaly’ or simply the ‘anomaly’, and this naming shows that the effect first appeared as an exceptional phenomenon in field theory. However, it is shown that this effect has turned out to be very fundamental in modern field theory. In the path integral formulation, it has been recognized that this effect arises from a non-trivial Jacobian in the change of path integral variables, namely, the path integral measure breaks certain symmetries. The study of the quantum anomaly attempts to bring about a better understanding of the basis of quantum theory and, consequently, it is a basic notion which could influence the entire quantum theory beyond field theory. The quantum anomaly is located at the border of divergence and convergence, though the quantum anomaly itself is perfectly finite, and thus closely related to the presence of an infinite number of degrees of freedom.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction.. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format.
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Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198529132.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Broken symmetry (Physics) . Path integrals . Quantum field theory . Authors: Fujikawa, Kazuo . Suzuki, Hiroshi, 1964 Jan. 7- . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Series: The International series of monographs on physics . Classification: 530.143 (DDC 22) .

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