Vector-Meson Mass Generation by Chiral Anomalies
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- 25 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (12) , 1219-1221
Abstract
We show that the chiral Schwinger model, which is anomalous, yields a consistent and unitary, although not gauge-invariant, theory. The model is exactly solvable and contains a free massive vector boson plus harmonic excitations.Keywords
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