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Chiral gauge theory on a lattice: Are anomalous gauge theories renormalizable

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OSTI ID:6839176
We discuss the quantization of chiral gauge theories by lattice regularization, carefully treating the effects of the chiral anomaly. We derive a chiral gauge invariant lattice fermion action from a chiral gauge variant Wilson fermion action without changing its partition function. By lattice power counting for this formula we show that anomalous gauge theories as well as anomaly-free gauge theories are renormalizable even in 4-dimensions. Some applications and implications of this result and problems therein are discussed. 16 refs.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6839176
Report Number(s):
BNL-41495; CONF-8805175-2; ON: DE88014288
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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