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$\gamma_5$ in dimensional regularization -- a no-compromise approach using the BMHV scheme

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-08-05 v1

Abstract

γ5\gamma_5 is notoriously difficult to define in DD dimensions. The traditional BMHV scheme employs a non-anticommuting γ5\gamma_5. Its key advantage is mathematical consistency and the existence of all-order proofs. Its disadvantage is the spurious breaking of gauge invariance in chiral gauge theories like the electroweak standard model. Our research programme aims to determine the special finite counterterms which are necessary to restore gauge invariance, to allow more straightforward applications of the BMHV scheme and to cross-check alternative schemes. In these proceedings we present the key concepts and methods, and we outline the calculational procedure and present results for an abelian gauge theory at the 2-loop level. An important observation is the simplicity of the results -- three types of symmetry-restoring counterterms are sufficient at the 2-loop level.

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@article{arxiv.2208.02752,
  title  = {$\gamma_5$ in dimensional regularization -- a no-compromise approach using the BMHV scheme},
  author = {Hermès Bélusca-Maïto and Amon Ilakovac and Marija Mađor-Božinović and Paul Kühler and Dominik Stöckinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.02752},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Proceedings Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory, April 2022; 10 pages, 3 figures

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