%0 Journal Article %1 Friedan1984395 %A Friedan, D. %A Windey, P. %D 1984 %J Nuclear Physics B %K Anomaly AtiyahSingerInd chiralSymmetry %N 3 %P 395 - 416 %R DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(84)90506-6 %T Supersymmetric derivation of the Atiyah-Singer index and the chiral anomaly %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVC-472T4PR-83/2/965583692e327f14ff85702ba317d75d %V 235 %X We present an elementary derivation of the Atiyah-Singer formula for the index of the Dirac operator. This index is the space-time integral of the trace of the chiral anomaly. We calculate the full chiral anomaly using the supersymmetric path integral for a spinning particle moving through space-time.

@article{Friedan1984395, abstract = {We present an elementary derivation of the Atiyah-Singer formula for the index of the Dirac operator. This index is the space-time integral of the trace of the chiral anomaly. We calculate the full chiral anomaly using the supersymmetric path integral for a spinning particle moving through space-time.}, added-at = {2009-04-21T12:31:48.000+0200}, author = {Friedan, D. and Windey, P.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2208685aae2a2ef45b322e453cdd13829/gber}, description = {ScienceDirect - Nuclear Physics B : Supersymmetric derivation of the Atiyah-Singer index and the chiral anomaly}, doi = {DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(84)90506-6}, interhash = {58b3fc9afde4b1afdeb415b10a0da1d9}, intrahash = {208685aae2a2ef45b322e453cdd13829}, issn = {0550-3213}, journal = {Nuclear Physics B}, keywords = {Anomaly AtiyahSingerInd chiralSymmetry}, number = 3, pages = {395 - 416}, timestamp = {2009-04-21T12:31:48.000+0200}, title = {Supersymmetric derivation of the Atiyah-Singer index and the chiral anomaly}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVC-472T4PR-83/2/965583692e327f14ff85702ba317d75d}, volume = 235, year = 1984 }