Axial U(1) anomaly in a gravitational field via the gradient flow

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTY073zbMATH Open1477.81069arXiv1803.04132OpenAlexW3104154808WikidataQ129799466 ScholiaQ129799466MaRDI QIDQ5156718

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Publication date: 11 October 2021

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Abstract: A regularization-independent universal formula for the energy--momentum tensor in gauge theory in the flat spacetime can be written down by employing the so-called Yang--Mills gradient flow. We examine a possible use of the formula in the calculation of the axial $U(1)$ anomaly in a gravitational field, the anomaly first obtained by Toshiei Kimura [Prog. Theor. Phys. {�f 42}, 1191 (1969)]. As a general argument indicates, the formula reproduces the correct non-local structure of the (axial $U(1)$ current)--(energy--momentum tensor)--(energy--momentum tensor) triangle diagram in a way that is consistent with the axial $U(1)$ anomaly. On the other hand, the formula does not automatically reproduce the general coordinate (or translation) Ward--Takahashi relation, requiring corrections by local counterterms. This analysis thus illustrates the fact that the universal formula as it stands can be used only in on-shell correlation functions, in which the energy--momentum tensor does not coincide with other composite operators in coordinate space.

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