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Gauge invariant discretization of Chern-Simons couplings

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2024-05-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discretize Chern-Simons couplings in gauge invariant way. We obtain (p+q)-forms representing Chern-Simons couplings on (p + q)-simplexes from wedge products of p- and q-forms on p- and q-simplexes, respectively, where p- and q-simplexes form (p+q)-simplexes by having a common vertex. We show that the Chern-Simons couplings on simplicial complexes reduce to Chern-Simons couplings on the manifolds in a continuum limit. Moreover, we prove that a typical discretized Chern-Simons term that has the Chern-Simons coupling is gauge invariant.

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@article{arxiv.2404.19413,
  title  = {Gauge invariant discretization of Chern-Simons couplings},
  author = {Kohta Hatakeyama and Matsuo Sato and Gota Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.19413},
  year   = {2024}
}