Phase ambiguity of the measure for continuum Majorana fermions
Abstract
Integrating over a continuum Majorana fermion formally yields a functional pfaffian. We show that the phase of this pfaffian is ambiguous, as it depends on the choice of basis. This ambiguity is naturally resolved within a non-perturbative lattice definition, allowing us to discuss the relation between the phase of the lattice pfaffian and the effective θ angle of the theory. We also resolve an apparent paradox regarding the induced θ angle when a theory of N Dirac fermions in a real representation of the gauge group is re-expressed in terms of 2N Majorana fermions. We discuss how all this is reflected in chiral perturbation theory.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- San Francisco State Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1550589
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1594606
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1904.08600v3
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 034507
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG03-92ER40711; SC0013682; 491/17
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 100 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Effective field theory; Lattice field theory; Path integrals
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Golterman, Maarten, and Shamir, Yigal. Phase ambiguity of the measure for continuum Majorana fermions. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.034507.
Golterman, Maarten, & Shamir, Yigal. Phase ambiguity of the measure for continuum Majorana fermions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.034507
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"Phase ambiguity of the measure for continuum Majorana fermions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.034507.
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title = {Phase ambiguity of the measure for continuum Majorana fermions},
author = {Golterman, Maarten and Shamir, Yigal},
abstractNote = {Integrating over a continuum Majorana fermion formally yields a functional pfaffian. We show that the phase of this pfaffian is ambiguous, as it depends on the choice of basis. This ambiguity is naturally resolved within a non-perturbative lattice definition, allowing us to discuss the relation between the phase of the lattice pfaffian and the effective θ angle of the theory. We also resolve an apparent paradox regarding the induced θ angle when a theory of N Dirac fermions in a real representation of the gauge group is re-expressed in terms of 2N Majorana fermions. We discuss how all this is reflected in chiral perturbation theory.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.034507},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 3,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
}
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