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Lattice fermions with complex mass

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We present evidence in the Schwinger model that rooted staggered fermions may correctly describe the m<0 sector of a theory with an odd number of flavors. We point out that in QCD-type theories with a complex-valued quark mass every non-chiral action essentially "borrows" knowledge about the theta-transformation properties from the overlap action.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0604005,
  title  = {Lattice fermions with complex mass},
  author = {Stephan Durr and Christian Hoelbling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0604005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures. v2: eqn. (20) corrected, figs. 3,4 adjusted, conclusions unchanged. v3: text improved, 2 refs. added (version to appear in PRD)

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