Chiral fermions on the lattice
We discuss topological obstructions to putting chiral fermions on an even dimensional lattice. The setting includes Ginsparg-Wilson fermions, but is more general. We prove a theorem which relates the total chirality to the difference of generalised winding numbers of chiral projection operators. For...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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Arxiv
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0205005
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| Author Notes: | Oliver Jahn, and Jan M. Pawlowski |
| Summary: | We discuss topological obstructions to putting chiral fermions on an even dimensional lattice. The setting includes Ginsparg-Wilson fermions, but is more general. We prove a theorem which relates the total chirality to the difference of generalised winding numbers of chiral projection operators. For an odd number of Weyl fermions this implies that particles and anti-particles live in topologically different spaces. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 06.12.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |