Published November 7, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Anomalous non-abelian gauge theory in two dimensions

Creators

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

We consider the two-dimensional model of a U(N) gauge field coupled to just the right-handed current of N massless fermions. We show, using its bosonized version, that this model, although anomalous and non-gauge invariant, formally yields a consistent unitary Lorentz-invariant quantum theory. As by-products, the commutators of the currents and of the Gauss-law generators are obtained explicitly. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
162
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
148-152
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA