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On the decoupling of mirror fermions

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2014-03-21 v1

Abstract

We study an approach to chiral gauge theories on the lattice that involves decoupling "mirror" fermions from a vector-like theory. We have computed the polarization tensor in the "3-4-5" theory and find a directional discontinuity that appears to be nonzero in the continuum limit. This strongly suggests that the mirror fermions do not decouple.

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@article{arxiv.1403.5146,
  title  = {On the decoupling of mirror fermions},
  author = {Joel Giedt and Chen Chen and Erich Poppitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.5146},
  year   = {2014}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures, Lattice 2013 proceedings (Mainz, Germany)