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Hauptverfasser: Kroth, Jonathan D., Sen, Srimoyee
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04324
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author Kroth, Jonathan D.
Sen, Srimoyee
author_facet Kroth, Jonathan D.
Sen, Srimoyee
contents Domain wall fermions use a $2n$-dimensional spacetime defect embedded in $(2n+1)$-dimensional spacetime to realize massless lattice Dirac fermions. Recent work has extended this idea to realize a single unpaired Weyl fermion in a finite lattice. Here, we realize the same using a $2n$-dimensional string defect embedded in $(2n+2)$-dimensional spacetime on a finite lattice for $n=1$. This string is a lattice version of the continuum axion string described in Callan-Harvey. Our results are obtained in a Hamiltonian formulation in Minkowski spacetime. Extending the results to Euclidean spacetime and to $n>1$ is straightforward. This work has applications to lattice chiral gauge theories and axion cosmology.
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spellingShingle Unpaired Weyl fermion on an axion string in a finite lattice
Kroth, Jonathan D.
Sen, Srimoyee
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Nuclear Theory
Domain wall fermions use a $2n$-dimensional spacetime defect embedded in $(2n+1)$-dimensional spacetime to realize massless lattice Dirac fermions. Recent work has extended this idea to realize a single unpaired Weyl fermion in a finite lattice. Here, we realize the same using a $2n$-dimensional string defect embedded in $(2n+2)$-dimensional spacetime on a finite lattice for $n=1$. This string is a lattice version of the continuum axion string described in Callan-Harvey. Our results are obtained in a Hamiltonian formulation in Minkowski spacetime. Extending the results to Euclidean spacetime and to $n>1$ is straightforward. This work has applications to lattice chiral gauge theories and axion cosmology.
title Unpaired Weyl fermion on an axion string in a finite lattice
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04324