Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-02-21
Phys.Lett. B546 (2002) 135-142
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Latex file with JHEP3 style + axodraw
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02631-X
We study the issue of gauge invariance in five-dimensional theories compactified on an orbifold $S^1/(\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}^\prime_2)$ in the presence of an external U(1) gauge field. From the four-dimensional point We study the issue of gauge invariance in five-dimensional theories compactified on an orbifold $S^1/(\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}^\prime_2)$ in the presence of an external U(1) gauge field. From the four-dimensional point of view the theory contains a tower of Kaluza-Klein Dirac fermions with chiral couplings and it looks anomalous at the quantum level. We show that this ``anomaly'' is cancelled by a topological Chern-Simons term which is generated in the effective action when the gauge theory is regularized introducing an Pauli-Villars fermion with an odd mass term. In the presence of a classical background gauge field, the fermionic current acquires a vacuum expectation value, thus generating the suitable Chern-Simons term and a gauge invariant theory.
Pilo Luigi
Riotto Antonio
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