Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation

Abstract The mathematical consistency of the BMHV scheme of dimensional regularisation (DReg) comes at the cost of requiring symmetry-restoring counterterms to cancel the regularisation-induced breaking of gauge and BRST invariance. There is no unique way to extend a 4-dimensional theory to D dimens...

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Main Authors: Paul L. Ebert, Paul Kühler, Dominik Stöckinger, Matthias Weißwange
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)114
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description Abstract The mathematical consistency of the BMHV scheme of dimensional regularisation (DReg) comes at the cost of requiring symmetry-restoring counterterms to cancel the regularisation-induced breaking of gauge and BRST invariance. There is no unique way to extend a 4-dimensional theory to D dimensions, and different choices can be made for the dimensionally regularised fermions, evanescent parts of their kinetic terms and evanescent gauge interactions. Here we present a detailed study of the impact of changing such evanescent details. We leverage this freedom to identify a particularly convenient formulation that simplifies practical calculations. In order to thoroughly study the available options, we focus on a general abelian chiral gauge theory including scalar fields and adopt a general approach to the BMHV implementation. This allows for specialisation to various models and different approaches, including those from the literature. Importantly, our model can be specialised to the abelian sector of the Standard Model (SM). Consequently, this article also serves as a roadmap for upcoming applications to the full SM.
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spelling doaj-art-11f08fab987242c2ac8327a01c6dac232025-02-09T12:06:53ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-01-012025115810.1007/JHEP01(2025)114Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional RegularisationPaul L. Ebert0Paul Kühler1Dominik Stöckinger2Matthias Weißwange3Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU DresdenInstitut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU DresdenInstitut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU DresdenInstitut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU DresdenAbstract The mathematical consistency of the BMHV scheme of dimensional regularisation (DReg) comes at the cost of requiring symmetry-restoring counterterms to cancel the regularisation-induced breaking of gauge and BRST invariance. There is no unique way to extend a 4-dimensional theory to D dimensions, and different choices can be made for the dimensionally regularised fermions, evanescent parts of their kinetic terms and evanescent gauge interactions. Here we present a detailed study of the impact of changing such evanescent details. We leverage this freedom to identify a particularly convenient formulation that simplifies practical calculations. In order to thoroughly study the available options, we focus on a general abelian chiral gauge theory including scalar fields and adopt a general approach to the BMHV implementation. This allows for specialisation to various models and different approaches, including those from the literature. Importantly, our model can be specialised to the abelian sector of the Standard Model (SM). Consequently, this article also serves as a roadmap for upcoming applications to the full SM.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)114BRST QuantizationElectroweak Precision PhysicsGauge SymmetryRenormalization and Regularization
spellingShingle Paul L. Ebert
Paul Kühler
Dominik Stöckinger
Matthias Weißwange
Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
Journal of High Energy Physics
BRST Quantization
Electroweak Precision Physics
Gauge Symmetry
Renormalization and Regularization
title Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
title_full Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
title_fullStr Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
title_full_unstemmed Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
title_short Shedding light on evanescent shadows — Exploration of non-anticommuting γ 5 in Dimensional Regularisation
title_sort shedding light on evanescent shadows exploration of non anticommuting γ 5 in dimensional regularisation
topic BRST Quantization
Electroweak Precision Physics
Gauge Symmetry
Renormalization and Regularization
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2025)114
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