Nicolai mapping versus exact chiral symmetry on the lattice

Yoshio Kikukawa and Yoichi Nakayama
Phys. Rev. D 66, 094508 – Published 27 November 2002
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Abstract

The two-dimensional N=2 Wess-Zumino model is constructed on the lattice through Nicolai mapping with a Ginsparg-Wilson fermion. The Nicolai mapping requires a certain would-be surface term in the bosonic action which ensures the vacuum energy cancellation even on the lattice, but inevitably breaks chiral symmetry. With the Ginsparg-Wilson fermion, the holomorphic structure of the would-be surface term is maintained, leaving a discrete subgroup of the exact chiral symmetry intact for a monomial scalar potential. Through this feature both the boson and fermion can be kept massless on the lattice without any fine-tuning.

  • Received 25 July 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.094508

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Yoshio Kikukawa* and Yoichi Nakayama

  • Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan

  • *E-mail address: kikukawa@eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
  • E-mail address: yoichi@eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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Vol. 66, Iss. 9 — 1 November 2002

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