Published April 21, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Effective action in a general chiral model: Next to leading order derivative expansion in the worldline method

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg University, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 2. Department of Theoretical Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)

Description

We present a formalism to determine the imaginary part of a general chiral model in the derivative expansion. Our formalism is based on the worldline path integral for the covariant current that can be given in an explicit chiral and gauge covariant form. The effective action is then obtained by integrating the covariant current, taking account of the anomaly

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.005

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.005;
arXiv
arXiv:0708.0759v2;
PII
S0550-3213(07)00780-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
793
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 425-450
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39078619
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; CHIRALITY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; PATH INTEGRALS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.