Real-complex compatibility of Grassmann Gaussian integrals

ID: real-complex-compatibility-of-grassmann-gaussian-integrals

For an even-dimensional antisymmetric matrix , put and , with independent Grassmann variables . Anticommutation cancels the mixed terms, giving . The constant Grassmann change-of-variables formula changes only the normalization. The two real Pfaffians multiply to , agreeing with the complex Grassmann Gaussian integral. In odd dimension and both top-degree integrals vanish.

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