Published June 1, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Commutators of Gauss-Law operators in chiral gauge theories

Creators

  • 1. Edinburgh Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics

Description

A field theoretic derivation, by nonperturbative functional methods in even space-time dimensions, of the equal-time commutators of the Gauss-law operators is presented. For the anomalous formulation of chiral gauge theories, the Schwinger term in the commutators is expressed in a closed form in terms of the consistent current divergence anomaly. However, in the gauge-invariant quantization, with the addition of the Wess-Zumino lagrangian, the commutators are free of the Schwinger term. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
223
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
72-76
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA