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Q: How are anomalies possible?

Jbag1212From Matthew D. Shwartz Quantum Field Theory textbook, he writes: "Most of the time, a symmetry of a classical theory is also a symmetry of the quantum theory based on the same Lagrangian. When it is not, the symmetry is said to be anomalous." A priori, how is this even possible? If a symmetry ...

 
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Q: Why is there no temperature difference in the Joule expansion experiment?

iwabThe whole system is adiabatic, no heat exchange can take place, if the volume of the gas now doubles it should actually cool down. That's why I don't understand $dT=0$


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