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arxiv: 1609.06562 · v2 · pith:IYIKAQOXnew · submitted 2016-09-21 · ✦ hep-th

Global anomalies on Lorentzian space-times

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords globalanomaliesspace-timesalgebraicanomalycheckconsequencescovariant
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We formulate an algebraic criterion for the presence of global anomalies on globally hyperbolic space-times in the framework of locally covariant field theory. We discuss some consequences and check that it reproduces the well-known global $SU(2)$ anomaly in four space-time dimensions.

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