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Standard Model Anomalies in Curved Space-Time with Torsion

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Using the Fujikawa and the heat-kernel methods we make a complete and detailed computation of the global, gauge and gravitational anomalies present in the Standard Model defined on a curved space time with torsion. We find new contributions coming from curvature and torsion terms to the leptonic number anomaly (so that BLB-L is not conserved any more), to the U(1)YU(1)_Y gauge and to the mixed U(1)YU(1)_Y-gravitational anomalies, but the gauge anomaly cancellation conditions on the hypercharges remain the same. We also find that the condition, usually related to the cancellation of the mixed U(1)YU(1)_Y-gravitational anomaly, can be reobtained in the context of the Standard Model in flat space-time by requiring the cancellation of the global Lorentz anomaly without any reference to gravitation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9509227,
  title  = {Standard Model Anomalies in Curved Space-Time with Torsion},
  author = {Antonio Dobado and Antonio L. Maroto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9509227},
  year   = {2008}
}

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44 pages, latex, no figures