Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1999-05-07
Phys.Lett. B477 (2000) 341-347
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
14 pages, Latex
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00179-9
We study the problem of decoupling fermion fields in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions, in interaction with a gauge field, by performing local transformations of the fermions in the functional integral. This could always be done if singular (large) gauge transformations were allowed, since any gauge field configuration may be represented as a singular pure gauge field. However, the effect of a singular gauge transformation of the fermions is equivalent to the one of a regular transformation with a non-trivial action on the spinorial indices. For example, in the two dimensional case, singular gauge transformations lead naturally to chiral transformations, and hence to the usual decoupling mechanism based on Fujikawa Jacobians. In 2+1 dimensions, using the same procedure, different transformations emerge, which also give rise to Fujikawa Jacobians. We apply this idea to obtain the v.e.v of the fermionic current in a background field, in terms of the Jacobian for an infinitesimal decoupling transformation, finding the parity violating result.
Fosco Cesar D.
Schaposnik Fidel A.
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