Editing Anomaly (section)

===Physics===
*[[Anomalous diffusion]], the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration
*[[Anomalous dispersion]] (optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency
*[[Anomalon]], a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section
*[[Anomaly (physics)]], a failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action
*[[Conformal anomaly]], a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory
*[[Chiral anomaly]], an anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current
*[[Gauge anomaly]], the effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory
*[[Global anomaly]], in quantum physics
*[[Gravitational anomaly]], an effect in quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of some theories of general relativity
*[[Konishi anomaly]], the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations
*[[Mixed anomaly]], an effect in quantum mechanics
*[[Parity anomaly]], associated with parity