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Witten's SU(2) anomaly on the lattice

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2016-09-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Witten's anomaly for SU(2) with a single I=1/2 Weyl fermion in four dimension is shown to be reproduced by the lattice overlap. The mechanism is based on Berry's phase, and on the analyticity of the matrix HH by which the overlap is defined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9805027,
  title  = {Witten's SU(2) anomaly on the lattice},
  author = {Herbert Neuberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9805027},
  year   = {2016}
}

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