Abstract
We show that a version of the covariant gauge anomaly for a 3+1-dimensional chiral fermion interacting with a non-Abelian gauge field can be obtained from the classical Hamiltonian flow of its probability distribution in phase space. The only quantum input needed is the Berry phase that arises from the direction of the spin being slaved to the particle's momentum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 045012 |
Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 9 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)