Fermion decoupling and the axial anomaly on the lattice

Authors
Banerjee, H De, AK
Citation
H. Banerjee et Ak. De, Fermion decoupling and the axial anomaly on the lattice, NUCL PH B-P, 83-4, 2000, pp. 932-934
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632 → ACNP
Volume
83-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
932 - 934
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(200004)83-4:<932:FDATAA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In the axial Ward identity of lattice QED we show that in the limit of infi nite fermion mass m the pseudoscalar density term exactly cancels the Adler -Bell-Jackiw (ABJ) anomaly. Using this result we calculate the U(1) axial a nomaly in a non-abelian gauge theory.