ABELIAN BOSONIZATION IN A PATH-INTEGRAL FRAMEWORK

We investigate the Abelian bosonization procedure in the light of a pa th integral formulation. The correlation functions of the Bose and Fer mi fields are directly related by use of several changes of variables including chiral rotations a la Fujikawa. Operator identities are repl aced by statements on partition functions with suitably defined source s. The Thirring and sine-Gordon models as well as the Schwinger model are treated. We also discuss a generalized Thirring model.