Witten SU(2) anomaly

ID: witten-su-2-anomaly

Witten SU(2) anomaly by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The Witten SU(2) anomaly is a four-dimensional global gauge anomaly present for an odd number of left-handed Weyl fermion doublets. A consistent SU(2) gauge theory must have an even number modulo the corresponding representation index.

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