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Comments on symmetric mass generation in 2d and 4d

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

Symmetric mass generation is the name given to a mechanism for gapping fermions while preserving a chiral, but necessarily non-anomalous, symmetry. In this paper we describe how symmetric mass generation for continuous symmetries can be achieved using gauge dynamics in two and four dimensions. Various strong coupling effects are invoked, including known properties of supersymmetric gauge theories, specifically the phenomenon of s-confinement, and conjectured properties of non-supersymmetric chiral gauge theories.

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Keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories, Confinement, Field Theories in Lower Dimensions, Nonperturbative Effects

Journal Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

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1029-8479
1029-8479

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Publisher

IOP Publishing
Sponsorship
Royal Society (WM160059)
Simons Foundation (567525)
STFC (ST/T000694/1)
EPSRC (EP/V047655/1)