Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly in the 3-brane scenario

We investigate the ABJ anomaly in the framework of an effective field theory for a 3-brane scenario and show that the contribution from induced gravity on the brane depends on both the topological structure of the bulk space-time and the embedding of the brane in the bulk. This fact implies the existence of a nontrivial vacuum structure of bulk quantum gravity. Furthermore, we argue that this axial gravitational anomaly may not necessarily be canceled by choosing the matter content on the brane since it could be considered as a possible effect from bulk quantum gravity.