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Ultraviolet and infrared aspects of the axial anomaly II

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This is the second part of a brief review of some perturbative aspects of the Adler-Bell-Jackiw axial anomaly. To begin with, we discuss here the derivation of the anomaly based on the imaginary part of the VVA triangle graph and dispersion relations. Within such an approach the infrared properties of the VVA amplitude are substantial. Next we summarize the main results obtained by the present author and co-authors concerning some particular ultraviolet and infrared aspects of the axial anomaly. These results cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from dispersion relations to a systematic analysis of gauge invariant ultraviolet regularizations of the VVA triangle graph. In the latter context, one of the highlights is a reinterpretation of dimensional regularization of the VVA diagram as a continuous superposition of Pauli-Villars cut-offs.

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The article is a direct continuation of the first part of the review [Czech. J. Phys.42 (1992) No. 3, 241 denoted hereafter as I] including the numeration of sections and formulae.

The collaboration with O. I. Zavialov and J. Novotný who co-authored some of the papers reviewed here is gratefully acknowledged. I am also indebted to J. Chýla for some useful discussions. The last but not least, I would like to thank Mrs. L. Hiršlová for excellent typing of the manuscript.

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Hořejší, J. Ultraviolet and infrared aspects of the axial anomaly II. Czech J Phys 42, 345–361 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01598734

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