Published April 15, 1990 | Version v1
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Fermion functional integral and the chiral Schwinger model

Creators

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza (Spain)

Description

The arbitrariness induced by the regularization of the fermion functional in two-dimensional U(1) gauge theories with a massless fermion is discussed in detail. It is shown that under very general assumptions the only consistent model with a gauge-invariant action is the gauge-invariant Schwinger model. An action with a mass term for the gauge field is needed in order to reproduce the consistent chiral Schwinger model

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2568-2572
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21073045
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DIRAC OPERATORS; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUES; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INTEGRALS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; U-1 GROUPS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS