Obtaining the chiral anomaly from an effective action

1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1361-1364
Author(s):  
H. Arthur Weldon
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Chiral Anomaly

scholarly journals Nonperturbative one-loop effective action for QED with Yukawa couplings

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (27) ◽  
pp. 1850157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore N. Jacobson ◽  
Tonnis ter Veldhuis
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Chiral Anomaly ◽  
Dirac Fermion ◽  
Yukawa Couplings ◽  
Time Formalism ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

We derive the one-loop effective action for scalar, pseudoscalar, and electromagnetic fields coupled to a Dirac fermion in an extension of QED with Yukawa couplings. Using the Schwinger proper-time formalism and zeta-function regularization, we calculate the full nonperturbative effective action to one loop in the constant background field approximation. Our result is nonperturbative in the external fields, and goes beyond existing results in the literature which treat only the first nontrivial order involving the pseudoscalar. The result has an even and odd part, which are related to the modulus and phase of the fermion functional determinant. The even contribution to the effective action involves the modulus of the effective Yukawa couplings and is invariant under global chiral transformations while the odd contribution is proportional to the angle between the scalar and pseudoscalar couplings. In different limits the effective action reduces either to the Euler–Heisenberg effective action or the Coleman–Weinberg potential. We also comment on the relationship between the odd part of the effective action and the chiral anomaly in QED.

Effective action for supersymmetric chiral anomaly

1986 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 1093-1101
Author(s):  
V. K. Krivoshchekov ◽  
L. O. Chekhov
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Chiral Anomaly

MASSIVE FERMION AND CHIRAL GAUGE SYMMETRY

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (31) ◽  
pp. 2607-2613 ◽  
Author(s):  
SINYA AOKI
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Opposite Sign ◽  
Chiral Anomaly ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Limit ◽  
Massive Fermion ◽  
Dependent Term ◽  
Mass Dependent

A mass-dependent odd-parity term in the effective action of chiral gauge theories as well as the usual mass-independent chiral anomaly have been shown to exist. In particular, this mass-dependent term is equal to the anomaly with opposite sign in the limit of infinite fermion mass, and therefore no odd-parity term remains in this limit. We also consider the different regularizations which produce the Wess-Zumino term in the infinite fermion mass limit.

scholarly journals On the anomalies in Lorentz-breaking theories

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1650063 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Baêta Scarpelli ◽  
T. Mariz ◽  
J. R. Nascimento ◽  
A. Yu. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Chiral Anomaly ◽  
Standard Model Extension ◽  
Perturbative Calculations ◽  
Model Extension ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Common

In this paper, we discuss the chiral anomaly in a Lorentz-breaking extension of QED which, besides the common terms that are present in the Standard Model Extension, includes some dimension-five nonminimal couplings. We find, using the Fujikawa formalism, that these nonminimal couplings induce new terms in the anomaly which depend on the Lorentz-violating parameters. Perturbative calculations are also carried out in order to investigate whether new ambiguous Carroll–Field–Jackiw terms are induced in the effective action.

Effective action on global warming?

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
P.R. Wyman
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Effective Action

scholarly journals More on complex Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev eternal wormholes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Specific Charge ◽  
Zero Temperature ◽  
Small Coupling ◽  
Chemical Potentials ◽  
Quench Dynamics ◽  
Two Sides

Abstract In this work, we study a generalization of the coupled Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model with U(1) charge conservations. The model contains two copies of the complex SYK model at different chemical potentials, coupled by a direct hopping term. In the zero-temperature and small coupling limit with small averaged chemical potential, the ground state is an eternal wormhole connecting two sides, with a specific charge Q = 0, which is equivalent to a thermofield double state. We derive the conformal Green’s functions and determine corresponding IR parameters. At higher chemical potential, the system transit into the black hole phase. We further derive the Schwarzian effective action and study its quench dynamics. Finally, we compare numerical results with the analytical predictions.

scholarly journals New bi-harmonic superspace formulation of 4D, $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SYM theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Buchbinder ◽  
E. A. Ivanov ◽  
V. A. Ivanovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Harmonic Superspace ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Convenient Tool ◽  
Leading Term

Abstract We develop a novel bi-harmonic $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 superspace formulation of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (SYM) in four dimensions. In this approach, the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM superfield constraints are solved in terms of on-shell $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 harmonic superfields. Such an approach provides a convenient tool of constructing the manifestly $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 supersymmetric invariants and further rewriting them in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 harmonic superspace. In particular, we present $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 superfield form of the leading term in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM effective action which was known previously in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superspace formulation.

scholarly journals The fermionic universal one-loop effective action

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian A. R. Ellis ◽  
Jérémie Quevillon ◽  
Pham Ngoc Hoa Vuong ◽  
Tevong You ◽  
Zhengkang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Path Integral ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Covariant Derivative ◽  
Heavy Fermion ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Derivative Expansion ◽  
Universal Structure ◽  
Pseudo Scalar ◽  
Matching Techniques ◽  
Analytical Expressions

Abstract Recent development of path integral matching techniques based on the covariant derivative expansion has made manifest a universal structure of one-loop effective Lagrangians. The universal terms can be computed once and for all to serve as a reference for one-loop matching calculations and to ease their automation. Here we present the fermionic universal one-loop effective action (UOLEA), resulting from integrating out heavy fermions (Dirac or Majorana) with scalar, pseudo-scalar, vector and axial-vector couplings. We also clarify the relation of the new terms computed here to terms previously computed in the literature and those that remain to complete the UOLEA. Our results can be readily used to efficiently obtain analytical expressions for effective operators arising from heavy fermion loops [13].

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