Standard model anomalies in curved space-time with torsion
Author(s) -
Antonio Dobado,
Antonio L. Maroto
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.54.5185
Subject(s) - torsion (gastropod) , curvature , physics , mixed anomaly , anomaly (physics) , gravitation , curved space , heat kernel , mathematical physics , theoretical physics , gauge theory , gauge (firearms) , gravitational anomaly , gauge anomaly , classical mechanics , geometry , mathematics , supersymmetric gauge theory , quantum mechanics , geography , introduction to the mathematics of general relativity , numerical relativity , archaeology , medicine , surgery
Using the Fujikawa and the heat-kernel methods we make a complete anddetailed computation of the global, gauge and gravitational anomalies presentin the Standard Model defined on a curved space time with torsion. We find newcontributions coming from curvature and torsion terms to the leptonic numberanomaly (so that $B-L$ is not conserved any more), to the $U(1)_Y$ gauge and tothe mixed $U(1)_Y$-gravitational anomalies, but the gauge anomaly cancellationconditions on the hypercharges remain the same. We also find that thecondition, usually related to the cancellation of the mixed$U(1)_Y$-gravitational anomaly, can be reobtained in the context of theStandard Model in flat space-time by requiring the cancellation of the globalLorentz anomaly without any reference to gravitation.Comment: 44 pages, latex, no figure
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