Comments on symmetric mass generation in 2d and 4d
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Tong, David https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9120-2174
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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Anomalies in Field and String Theories, Confinement, Field Theories in Lower Dimensions, Nonperturbative Effects
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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1029-8479
1029-8479
1029-8479
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IOP Publishing
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Royal Society (WM160059)
Simons Foundation (567525)
STFC (ST/T000694/1)
EPSRC (EP/V047655/1)
Simons Foundation (567525)
STFC (ST/T000694/1)
EPSRC (EP/V047655/1)