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Propagating spinors on a tetrahedral spacetime lattice

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Lattice Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We derive a discrete path integral for massless fermions on a hypercubic spacetime lattice with null faces. The amplitude for a path with N steps and B bends is +/- (1/2)^N (i/sqrt{3})^B.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310166,
  title  = {Propagating spinors on a tetrahedral spacetime lattice},
  author = {Brendan Z. Foster and Ted Jacobson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310166},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure; v.2: added demonstration that fermion doubling does not occur, added appendix proving convergence, other minor changes of presentation