’t Hooft anomaly
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’t Hooft anomaly is a quantum field theory phenomenon where a classical global symmetry cannot be consistently preserved at the quantum level, imposing powerful constraints on the dynamics and possible phases of the theory.
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| ’t Hooft anomaly canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ’t Hooft anomaly Context triple: [Gerard ’t Hooft, notableWork, ’t Hooft anomaly]
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A.
Chern–Simons theory
Chern–Simons theory is a topological quantum field theory in three dimensions that plays a central role in modern geometry, topology, and theoretical physics, particularly in the study of knot invariants and gauge fields.
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’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles
’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles are theoretical, finite-energy magnetic monopole solutions arising in certain non-abelian gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking.
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Euclidean quantum field theory
Euclidean quantum field theory is a formulation of quantum field theory in imaginary (Euclidean) time that enables rigorous mathematical treatment and path-integral representations closely connected to statistical mechanics.
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Schwinger model
The Schwinger model is a two-dimensional quantum electrodynamics theory that serves as a exactly solvable toy model for studying phenomena like confinement, chiral symmetry breaking, and anomalies in quantum field theory.
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Faddeev’s axioms
Faddeev’s axioms are a set of conditions characterizing Shannon entropy in information theory, providing an alternative but equivalent axiomatization to the Shannon–Khinchin framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ’t Hooft anomaly Target entity description: ’t Hooft anomaly is a quantum field theory phenomenon where a classical global symmetry cannot be consistently preserved at the quantum level, imposing powerful constraints on the dynamics and possible phases of the theory.
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A.
Chern–Simons theory
Chern–Simons theory is a topological quantum field theory in three dimensions that plays a central role in modern geometry, topology, and theoretical physics, particularly in the study of knot invariants and gauge fields.
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B.
’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles
’t Hooft–Polyakov monopoles are theoretical, finite-energy magnetic monopole solutions arising in certain non-abelian gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking.
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C.
Euclidean quantum field theory
Euclidean quantum field theory is a formulation of quantum field theory in imaginary (Euclidean) time that enables rigorous mathematical treatment and path-integral representations closely connected to statistical mechanics.
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D.
Schwinger model
The Schwinger model is a two-dimensional quantum electrodynamics theory that serves as a exactly solvable toy model for studying phenomena like confinement, chiral symmetry breaking, and anomalies in quantum field theory.
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E.
Faddeev’s axioms
Faddeev’s axioms are a set of conditions characterizing Shannon entropy in information theory, providing an alternative but equivalent axiomatization to the Shannon–Khinchin framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anomaly in quantum field theory
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quantum field theory concept ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
chiral symmetry
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continuous symmetry ⓘ discrete symmetry ⓘ flavor symmetry ⓘ global symmetry ⓘ higher-form symmetry ⓘ parity symmetry ⓘ time-reversal symmetry ⓘ |
| canBeComputedBy |
Feynman diagrams
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anomaly polynomial in higher dimensions ⓘ index theorems ⓘ |
| canBeInterpretedAs | boundary anomaly of a higher-dimensional bulk theory ⓘ |
| characterizes |
inconsistency of classical symmetry at quantum level
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obstruction to gauging a global symmetry ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
explicit symmetry breaking
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gauge anomaly ⓘ |
| formalizedBy | ’t Hooft anomaly matching condition ⓘ |
| implies |
constraints on infrared dynamics
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constraints on possible phases of a theory ⓘ constraints on renormalization group flows ⓘ global symmetry cannot be consistently gauged ⓘ nontrivial infrared degrees of freedom ⓘ symmetry realization cannot be trivially gapped ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Gerard ’t Hooft
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surface form:
Gerard 't Hooft
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| occursIn |
conformal field theory
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lattice gauge theories ⓘ quantum chromodynamics ⓘ supersymmetric gauge theories ⓘ |
| persistsUnder | renormalization group flow ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Adler–Bell–Jackiw anomaly
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Wess–Zumino–Witten model ⓘ
surface form:
Wess–Zumino–Witten term
anomaly matching ⓘ anomaly polynomial ⓘ chiral anomaly ⓘ conserved currents ⓘ gauge anomaly ⓘ global symmetry ⓘ path integral measure ⓘ quantum field theory ⓘ symmetry-protected topological phase ⓘ topological quantum field theory ⓘ ’t Hooft anomaly inflow ⓘ ’t Hooft anomaly matching condition ⓘ |
| requires | matching of anomalies between ultraviolet and infrared descriptions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classifying symmetry-protected topological phases
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constraining chiral symmetry breaking patterns ⓘ constraining confinement scenarios ⓘ diagnosing symmetry fractionalization ⓘ testing candidate infrared dualities ⓘ |
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Subject: ’t Hooft anomaly Description of subject: ’t Hooft anomaly is a quantum field theory phenomenon where a classical global symmetry cannot be consistently preserved at the quantum level, imposing powerful constraints on the dynamics and possible phases of the theory.
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