Anomaly inflow and thermal equilibrium
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-17 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Using the anomaly inflow mechanism, we compute the flavor/Lorentz non-invariant contribution to the partition function in a background with a U(1) isometry. This contribution is a local functional of the background fields. By identifying the U(1) isometry with Euclidean time we obtain a contribution of the anomaly to the thermodynamic partition function from which hydrostatic correlators can be efficiently computed. Our result is in line with, and an extension of, previous studies on the role of anomalies in a hydrodynamic setting. Along the way we find simplified expressions for Bardeen-Zumino polynomials and various transgression formulae
Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.7024,
title = {Anomaly inflow and thermal equilibrium},
author = {Kristan Jensen and R. Loganayagam and Amos Yarom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.7024},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
72 pages, 1 figure; v2: slight change to abstract, updated references