3.8 Article Proceedings Paper

Anomalies in PT-symmetric quantum field theory

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CZECHOSLOVAK JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 85-91

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INST PHYSICS ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBLIC
DOI: 10.1023/B:CJOP.0000014372.21537.c0

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electrodynamics; parity; time-reversal; anomalies

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It is shown that a version of PT-symmetric electrodynamics based on an axial-vector current coupling massless fermions to the photon possesses anomalies and so is rendered nonrenormalizable. An alternative theory is proposed based on the conventional vector current constructed from massive Dirac fields, but in which the PT transformation properties of electromagnetic fields axe reversed. Such a theory seems to possess many attractive features.

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