Can anybody think of an example of any theory in which there is a transformation law that does not leave the action nor the path integral measure invariant, but such that the product of both is invariant so that the transformation is a symmetry?
Answer
The theory of a chiral fermion ψ coupled to a Maxwell field in four dimensions has a famous anomaly in the chiral transformations ψ→ψ′=eiγ5θψ
which arises from the non-invariance of the fermion path integral measure Dψ′Dˉψ′=DψDˉψexp(iθ(4π)2∫F∧F).
This can be fixed by adding a pseudoscalar (axion) a(x) to the theory, that couples to the Maxwell field as follows La=(da+A)∧∗(da+A)+a1(4π)2F∧F
and transforms under the symmetry with a shift a→a′=a−θ.
The non-invanriace of the classical action cancels the quantum anomaly, giving an example of what you are looking for. This is the toy version of a more general story that goes by the name of "Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation mechanism".
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