2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.06.019
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Majorana fermions and CP-invariance of chiral gauge theories on the lattice

Abstract: The construction of massless Majorana fermions with chiral Yukawa couplings on the lattice is considered. We find topological obstructions tightly linked to those underlying the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem. In contradistinction to chiral fermions the obstructions originate only from the combination of the Dirac action and the Yukawa term. These findings are used to construct a chirally invariant lattice action. We also show that the path integral of this theory is given by the Pfaffian of the corresponding … Show more

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“…However, we are here interested in a first qualitative comparison of the FMS mechanism for fermions. Hence, we will separately analyze (20) and the (D −1 )ψ ψ component of ( 21) which is sufficient for our task.…”
Section: Spectroscopic Observablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, we are here interested in a first qualitative comparison of the FMS mechanism for fermions. Hence, we will separately analyze (20) and the (D −1 )ψ ψ component of ( 21) which is sufficient for our task.…”
Section: Spectroscopic Observablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lattice regularization introduces a gauge anomaly in the weak interactions, as it is incompatible with parity violation [18]. This problem is unresolved despite many efforts [19][20][21][22][23].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Note that the above remarks refer to the continuum CP transformation: recently ref. 61 argued that in the trivial topological sector it is possible to define a lattice-modified version of CP, (which, like the modified chiral symmetry, reduces to the usual continuum CP-transform), under which the chiral action (26) (and measure) is invariant; see also 62,63 .…”
Section: Problems With Ginsparg-wilson Fermions In Chiral Gauge Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Yukawa interaction of (3.2) is thus equivalent to that of 52 . We note that gauge and chiral invariant Majorana couplings were not considered in 52 and to the best of our knowledge were first constructed in 91 (see also 61 ).…”
Section: A Different Form Of the Split Partition Function; The Relatimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A possible solution to this problem, which uses a lattice redefinition of the Parity operator, a different approach to that presented here, was recently suggested in[29]; see also the attempts using the perfect action formalism in[30,31]. An older overview of chiral gauge theories on the lattice can be found in[32].…”
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confidence: 99%