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Renormalization of the axial anomaly operators

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The renormalization of the three pseudoscalar gauge invariant operators which appear in the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly is studied in the back-ground field gauge, where it is simplest. We analyse questions concerning renormalization-group invariance, mixing, the γ5-perscription inD dimensions, as well as the meaning of the nonrenormalization of the axial anomaly in the context of the renormalization of composite operators.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Barcelona, Diagonal, 647, Barcelona, 28, Spain

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Espriu, D., Tarrach, R. Renormalization of the axial anomaly operators. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 16, 77–82 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01573750

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