Published July 31, 1986 | Version v1
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Parity violation and the effective gravitational action in three dimensions

Creators

  • 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics

Description

A diagrammatic computation of the parity-breaking gravitational effective action induced by massless fermions in three dimensions is presented. The lowest-order approximation to the Chern-Simons action is obtained, in agreement with a general index-theoretic result. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
175
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
176-178
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
17079483
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; CLIFFORD ALGEBRA; FERMIONS; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; METRICS; P INVARIANCE; PAULI SPIN OPERATORS; POLYNOMIALS; REST MASS; SUM RULES; SYMMETRY BREAKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM OPERATORS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; DIAGRAMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76ER03069