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Anomaly of non-Abelian discrete symmetries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-03-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study anomalies of non-Abelian discrete symmetries; which part of non-Abelian group is anomaly free and which part can be anomalous. It is found that the anomaly-free elements of the group GG generate a normal subgroup G0G_0 of GG and the residue class group G/G0G/G_0, which becomes the anomalous part of GG, is isomorphic to a single cyclic group. The derived subgroup D(G)D(G) of GG is useful to study the anomaly structure. This structure also constrains the structure of the anomaly-free subgroup; the derived subgroup D(G)D(G) should be included in the anomaly-free subgroup. We study the detail structure of the anomaly-free subgroup from the structure of the derived subgroup in various discrete groups. For example, when G=SnAnZ2G=S_n \simeq A_n \rtimes Z_2 and G=Δ(6n2)Δ(3n2)Z2G=\Delta(6n^2) \simeq \Delta(3n^2) \rtimes Z_2, in particular, AnA_n and Δ(3n2)\Delta(3n^2) are at least included in the anomaly-free subgroup, respectively. This result holds in any arbitrary representations.

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@article{arxiv.2111.10811,
  title  = {Anomaly of non-Abelian discrete symmetries},
  author = {Tatsuo Kobayashi and Hikaru Uchida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.10811},
  year   = {2022}
}

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