Chiral gauge theory on the lattice (and questions for the continuum)

September 12, 2024
3:00pm to 4:00pm

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Specialist level
Speaker: 
David B. Kaplan
Institution: 
Institute for Nuclear Theory (Seattle)
Location&Place: 

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Abstract: 

A fermion representation with exact chiral symmetry can be obtained on a 5-dimensional lattice with a single boundary, circumventing the Nielsen-Ninomiya theorem. I discuss this as well as a proposal for gauging the theory, and objections that have been raised, and possible implications for chiral gauge theories in the continuum.