Can an odd number of fermions be created due to the chiral anomaly?
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Institut de Theorie des Phenomenes Physiques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
We describe a possible creation of an odd number of fractionally charged fermions in the 1+1 dimensional Abelian Higgs model. We point out that for 1+1 dimensions this process does not violate any symmetries of the theory, nor makes it mathematically inconsistent. We construct the proper definition of the fermionic determinant in this model and outline how to generalize it for calculation of preexponent in realistic mathematically consistent 3+1 dimensional models with the creation of an even number of fermions.
- OSTI ID:
- 20776780
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 73, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045008; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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