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General Solution to the U(1) Anomaly Equations

Davi B. Costa, Bogdan A. Dobrescu, and Patrick J. Fox
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 151601 – Published 9 October 2019

Abstract

The anomaly cancellation equations for the U(1) gauge group can be written as a cubic equation in n1 integer variables, where n is the number of Weyl fermions carrying the U(1) charge. We solve this Diophantine cubic equation by providing a parametrization of the charges in terms of n2 integers, and prove that this is the most general solution.

  • Received 28 June 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.151601

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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Davi B. Costa1, Bogdan A. Dobrescu2, and Patrick J. Fox2

  • 1Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brasil
  • 2Theoretical Physics Department, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA

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Vol. 123, Iss. 15 — 11 October 2019

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