Abstract
It is shown that the path-integral measure for gauge-invariant fermion theories is not invariant under the transformation and the Jacobian gives rise to an extra phase factor corresponding to the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly. The derivation of "anomalous" Ward-Takahashi identities by means of the variational derivative can thus be made consistent in the path-integral formalism.
- Received 13 February 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1195
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