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Deconstructing 5-D QED

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss periodic compactification and latticization of a 5-D U(1) theory with a Dirac fermion, yielding a 1+3 effective theory. We address subtleties in the lattice fermionic action,such as fermion doubling and the Wilson term. We compute the Coleman-Weinberg potential for the Wilson line which is finite for N-branes >= 3, due to the Z_N symmetry, which replaces translations in the 5th dimension. This mode becomes a PNGB in the low energy 1+3 theory. We derive its anomalous coupling to the "photon" and its KK-modes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0205057,
  title  = {Deconstructing 5-D QED},
  author = {Christopher T. Hill and Adam K. Leibovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0205057},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

25 pages, 7 figures, corrected sign error