Phys. Rev. D 66, 105028 (2002) [5 pages]Cancellation of global anomalies in spontaneously broken gauge theories |
M. Fabbrichesi, R. Percacci, M. Piai, and M. Serone
INFN, Sezione di Trieste and Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati via Beirut 4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
Received 9 July 2002; published 27 November 2002
We discuss the generalization to global gauge anomalies of the familiar procedure for the cancellation of local gauge anomalies in effective theories of spontaneously broken symmetries. We illustrate this mechanism in a recently proposed six-dimensional extension of the standard model.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v66/e105028
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.105028
PACS: 11.10.Kk, 11.15.Ex, 11.30.-j
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