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Chiral QED out of matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In a previous paper we have shown how the Wilsonian renormalization group naturally leads to the equivalence of the standard QED with a matter-only theory. In this paper we give an improved explanation of the equivalence and discuss, as an example, the equivalence of a chiral QED in the Higgs phase with a matter-only theory. Ignoring the contributions suppressed by the negative powers of a UV cutoff, the matter-only theory is equivalent to the perturbatively renormalizable chiral QED with two complex Higgs fields. In the matter-only theory chiral anomaly arises without elementary gauge fields.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0005188,
  title  = {Chiral QED out of matter},
  author = {Hidenori Sonoda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0005188},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures, latex