Global anomalies on Lorentzian space-times

We formulate an algebraic criterion for the presence of global anomalies on globally hyperbolic space-times in the framework of locally covariant field theory. We discuss some consequences and check that it reproduces the well-known global SU(2) anomaly in four space-time dimensions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schenkel, Alexander, Zahn, Jochen
Format: Article
Published: Springer 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42979/