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Algebraic approach to chiral anomalies: General solution of the consistency condition

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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General form of nontrivial solutions of the Wess-Zumino consistency condition is derived, and the uniqueness of the chiral anomalies is discussed. Whole of the argument is based on the algebraic treatment of the problem in the extended Euclidean space-time of the dimension higher than six. Particularly crucial to the argument is a lemma, the proof of which is presented in detail.

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    Kiyomi Itabashi

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Itabashi, K. Algebraic approach to chiral anomalies: General solution of the consistency condition. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 28, 601–605 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01474010

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