Gravitational contributions to the chiral anomaly in 4N space‐time dimensions as well as the purely gravitational anomaly in 4N−2 dimensions are expressed in terms of the Riemann–Christoffel tensor. Using this formula, we give a simple proof that if N≥4 there is no way to cancel the gravitational anomalies using fields of spin‐ 1/2 , ‐ 3/2 , and ‐1.
History
Publication title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Volume
26
Issue
6
Pagination
1334-1336
ISSN
0022-2488
Department/School
School of Natural Sciences
Publisher
Amer Inst Physics
Place of publication
Circulation & Fulfillment Div, 2 Huntington Quadrangle, Ste 1 N O 1, Melville, USA, Ny, 11747-4501