Published October 15, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Discrete anomaly and dynamical mass in the (2+1)-dimensional U(1)VxU(1)A model

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Institute for Fundamental Theory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)

Description

We note that in (2+1)-dimensional gauge theories with an even number of massless fermions, there is an anomalous Z2 symmetry if the theory is regularized in a parity-invariant way. We then consider a parity-invariant U(1)VxU(1)A model, which induces a mutual Chern-Simons term in the effective action due to the Z2 anomaly. The effect of the discrete anomaly is studied in the induced spin and in the dynamical fermion mass

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 4758-4761.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ