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How to treat $\gamma_5$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v4

Abstract

We present a method to perform renormalized perturbation calculation in gauge theories with chiral fermions. We find it proper to focus directly on the Ward-Takahashi identities, relegating dimensional regularization into a supplementary and secondary role. We show with the example of the Abelian-Higgs theory how to handle amplitudes involving fermions, particularly how to handle the matrix γ5\gamma_5. As a demonstration of our method of renormalization, we evaluate the radiative corrections of the triangular anomaly in the Abelian-Higgs theory with appropriate number of chiral fermions. This anomaly amplitude is calculated without any regularization and is found to vanish.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9608058,
  title  = {How to treat $\gamma_5$},
  author = {Hung Cheng and S. P. Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9608058},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LATEX 59 pages; 15 figures

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