2n-Dimensional Models with Topological Mass Generation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
The 4-dimensional model with topological mass generation that has recently been presented by Dvali, Jackiw and Pi [G. Dvali, R. Jackiw, and S.-Y. Pi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 081602 (2006), hep-th/0610228] is generalized to any even number of dimensions. As in the 4-dimensional model, the 2n-dimensional model describes a mass-generation phenomenon due to the presence of the chiral anomaly. In addition to this model, new 2n-dimensional models with topological mass generation are proposed, in which a Stueckelberg-type mass term plays a crucial role in the mass generation. The mass generation of a pseudoscalar field such as the eta-prime meson is discussed within this framework.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.1446,
title = {2n-Dimensional Models with Topological Mass Generation},
author = {Shinichi Deguchi and Satoshi Hayakawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1446},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, no figures, minor corrections, published version