Wess-Zumino-Witten Terms of Sp QCD by Bordism Theory

2024/04/09 by Shota Saito, Saito, Shota
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2404.06185

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Abstract

We investigate the four-dimensional Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) terms within the framework of Sp quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using invertible field theory through bordism theory. We present a novel approach aimed at circumventing both perturbative and non-perturbative gauge anomalies on spacetime manifolds endowed with spin structures. We study both ungauged and gauged WZW terms including the problems of the topological consistency of gauged WZW terms.

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