Published October 30, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Chiral Schwinger models without gauge anomalies

Description

We find a large class of quantum gauge models with massless fermions where the coupling to the gauge fields is not chirally symmetric and which nevertheless do not suffer from gauge anomalies. To be specific we study two dimensional Abelian models in the Hamiltonian framework which can be constructed and solved by standard techniques. The general model describes NP photon fields and NF flavors of Dirac fermions with 2NFNP different coupling constants, i.e., the chiral component of each fermion can be coupled to the gauge fields differently. We construct these models and find conditions so that no gauge anomaly appears. If these conditions hold it is possible to construct and solve the model explicitly, so that gauge- and Lorentz invariance are manifest

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PII
S0550321300004818;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
587
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 568-584
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.