Geometric general solution to the U(1) anomaly equations

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2020)065zbMATH Open1437.83123arXiv1912.04804OpenAlexW3100898785MaRDI QIDQ779336FDOQ779336

Authors: Benjamin C. Allanach, Joseph Tooby-Smith, Ben M. Gripaios 

Publication date: 21 July 2020

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Costa et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 151601 (2019)] recently gave a general solution to the anomaly equations for $n$ charges in a $U(1)$ gauge theory. `Primitive' solutions of chiral fermion charges were parameterised and it was shown how operations performed upon them (concatenation with other primitive solutions and with vector-like solutions) yield the general solution. We show that the ingenious methods used there have a simple geometric interpretation, corresponding to elementary constructions in number theory. Viewing them in this context allows the fully general solution to be written down directly, without the need for further operations. Our geometric method also allows us to show that the only operation Costa et al. require is permutation. It also gives a variety of other, qualitatively similar, parameterisations of the general solution, as well as a qualitatively different (and arguably simpler) form of the general solution for $n$ even.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.04804

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zbMATH Keywords

anomalies in field and string theoriesgauge symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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