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Computation of the quantum effects due to a four-dimensional pseudoparticle

G. 't Hooft
Phys. Rev. D 14, 3432 – Published 15 December 1976; Erratum Phys. Rev. D 18, 2199 (1978)
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Abstract

A detailed quantitative calculation is carried out of the tunneling process described by the Belavin-Polyakov-Schwarz-Tyupkin field configuration. A certain chiral symmetry is violated as a consequence of the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly. The collective motions of the pseudoparticle and all contributions from single loops of scalar, spinor, and vector fields are taken into account. The result is an effective interaction Lagrangian for the spinors.

  • Received 28 June 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.14.3432

©1976 American Physical Society

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G. 't Hooft*

  • Physics Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

  • *On leave from the University of Utrecht.

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Vol. 14, Iss. 12 — 15 December 1976

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