Remarks on the realization of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem in lattice gauge theory

被引:8
作者
Gattringer, CR [1 ]
Hip, I
Lang, CB
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[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
[2] Graz Univ, Inst Theoret Phys, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00813-X
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We discuss the interplay between topologically non-trivial gauge field configurations and the spectrum of the Wilson-Dirac operator in lattice gauge theory. Our analysis is based on analytic arguments and numerical results from a lattice simulation of QED(2).
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