Published June 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Fractional winding numbers and the U(1) problem

  • 1. Sao Carlos Univ. (Brazil). Dept. de Fisica
  • 2. Freie Univ. Berlin (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
  • 3. Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Dept. de Fisica

Description

We simulate the effective lagrangian description of gauge theories with spontaneous mass generation by considering the chiral Gross-Neveu model embedded in a two-dimensional U(1) gauge theory. It is shown that in this hybrid model the non-vanishing expectation value of anti PSI PSI is due to the contribution of instanton configurations with fractional winding. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nucl. Phys., B
Journal Volume
168
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Nucl. Phys., B.
Journal Page Range
454-464
ISSN
0550-3213