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Lattice Fields and Extra Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2011-04-15 v1

Abstract

Lattice gauge theory is now well into its third decade as a major subfield of theoretical particle physics. I open these lattice sessions with a brief review of the motivations for this formulation of quantum field theory. I then comment on the recent drive of lattice theorists to include a fictitious ``fifth'' dimension to treat issues of chiral symmetry and anomalies.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9904005,
  title  = {Lattice Fields and Extra Dimensions},
  author = {Michael Creutz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9904005},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages including 12 figures. Talk at the APS CCP99/Centennial Meeting; to appear in Computer Physics Communications