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Anomalies and Invertible Field Theories

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arxiv 1404.7224 v2 pith:RB6PYH7B submitted 2014-04-29 hep-th math-phmath.ATmath.MP

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We give a modern geometric viewpoint on anomalies in quantum field theory and illustrate it in a 1-dimensional theory: supersymmetric quantum mechanics. This is background for the resolution of worldsheet anomalies in orientifold superstring theory.

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