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Anomalies in gauge theory and gerbes over quotient stacks

Differential Geometry 2008-11-26 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We give a new interpretation of the Faddeev-Mickelsson anomaly in certain Yang-Mills theories in terms of S^1-central extensions of Lie groupoids.

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@article{arxiv.0709.1668,
  title  = {Anomalies in gauge theory and gerbes over quotient stacks},
  author = {Vesa Tahtinen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1668},
  year   = {2008}
}

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v2. 27 pages, content reorganized