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Two-Loop Renormalization of a Chiral $SU(2)$ Gauge Theory in Dimensional Regularization with Non-Anticommuting $\gamma_5$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-04-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Higher order calculations in chiral gauge theories such as the Electroweak Standard Model require a sound treatment of the notoriously problematic γ5\gamma_5-matrix in Dimensional Regularization (DReg). In the all-order consistent BMHV scheme anticommutativity has to be sacrificed, resulting in spurious breakings of BRST invariance, the restoration of which necessitates finite, symmetry-restoring counterterms. Following recent advances in successfully applying this scheme to multi-loop calculations for Abelian models, we shall here present the first complete non-Abelian two-loop result for the case of SU(2)SU(2), which is of particular interest to the Standard Model. We provide the complete list of finite, two-loop symmetry restoring counterterms and discuss intricacies of the non-Abelian implementation. Except for one novel term, the finite counterterm action exhibits the same structure as at one-loop order.

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@article{arxiv.2504.06080,
  title  = {Two-Loop Renormalization of a Chiral $SU(2)$ Gauge Theory in Dimensional Regularization with Non-Anticommuting $\gamma_5$},
  author = {Paul Kühler and Dominik Stöckinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.06080},
  year   = {2025}
}