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Can nonlocal Dirac operators be topologically proper ?

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2014-11-17 v2 Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

By examining the analyticity of a sequence of topologically-proper lattice Dirac operators, we show that they tend to a nonlocal Dirac operator. This implies that a nonlocal lattice Dirac operator can have exact zero modes satisfying the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, in gauge backgrounds with nonzero topological charge.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0008010,
  title  = {Can nonlocal Dirac operators be topologically proper ?},
  author = {Ting-Wai Chiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0008010},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

12 pages, LaTeX, 1 EPS figure, topos corrected and minor changes

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