Published March 15, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Path-integral derivation of the Chern-Simons terms in heterotic string theories

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Description

We consider the path-integral formulation of heterotic strings. Taking care of the four-fermion interaction, we rigorously compute the change of measure under local gauge and Lorentz transformations and trace the origin of Chern-Simons terms. The result agrees with the σ-model anomalies of Hull and Witten

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1702-1705
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA