Spontaneous Parity Violation
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We disprove the Vafa-Witten theorem on the impossibility of spontaneously breaking parity in vector-like gauge field theories, identifying a mechanism driven by quantum fluctuations. With the introduction of a meromorphic Lattice formulation, defined over 5 dimensions, we demonstrate that the minima of the free energy can be distinct from the maxima of the partition function : identifying and evaluating a suitable contour for the partition function defined such that asymptotic behaviour of the complex action is non-oscillatory.
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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0506028,
title = {Spontaneous Parity Violation},
author = {P. R. Crompton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0506028},
year = {2008}
}
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6 pages