Index theorems and domain walls

Abstract The Atiyah-Patodi-Singer (APS) index theorem relates the index of a Dirac operator to an integral of the Pontryagin density in the bulk (which is equal to global chiral anomaly) and an η invariant on the boundary (which defines the parity anomaly). We show that the APS index theorem holds f...

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Main Author: Dmitri Vassilevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2018)108