The standard model is a chiral gauge theory where the gauge fields couple to the right-hand and the left-hand fermions differently.The standard model is defined perturbatively and describes all elementary particles(ex...The standard model is a chiral gauge theory where the gauge fields couple to the right-hand and the left-hand fermions differently.The standard model is defined perturbatively and describes all elementary particles(except gravitons)very well.However,for a long time,we do not know if we can have a non-perturbative definition of the standard model as a Hamiltonian quantum mechanical theory.Here we propose a way to give a modified standard model(with 48 two-component Weyl fermions)a non-perturbative definition by embedding the modified standard model into an SO(10)chiral gauge theory.We show that the SO(10)chiral gauge theory can be put on a lattice(a 3D spatial lattice with a continuous time)if we allow fermions to interact.Such a non-perturbatively defined standard model is a Hamiltonian quantum theory with a finite-dimensional Hilbert space for a finite space volume.More generally,using the defining connection between gauge anomalies and the symmetry-protected topological orders,one can show that any truly anomaly-free chiral gauge theory can be non-perturbatively defined by putting it on a lattice in the same dimension.展开更多
Appendix A:The lattice model The lattice model in 4D space,w hose boundary gives rise to a single massless Weyl fermion,has the following form H=Hhop+Hint.
基金This research is supported by NSF Grant No.DMR-1005541,NSFC 11074140,and NSFC 11274192。
文摘The standard model is a chiral gauge theory where the gauge fields couple to the right-hand and the left-hand fermions differently.The standard model is defined perturbatively and describes all elementary particles(except gravitons)very well.However,for a long time,we do not know if we can have a non-perturbative definition of the standard model as a Hamiltonian quantum mechanical theory.Here we propose a way to give a modified standard model(with 48 two-component Weyl fermions)a non-perturbative definition by embedding the modified standard model into an SO(10)chiral gauge theory.We show that the SO(10)chiral gauge theory can be put on a lattice(a 3D spatial lattice with a continuous time)if we allow fermions to interact.Such a non-perturbatively defined standard model is a Hamiltonian quantum theory with a finite-dimensional Hilbert space for a finite space volume.More generally,using the defining connection between gauge anomalies and the symmetry-protected topological orders,one can show that any truly anomaly-free chiral gauge theory can be non-perturbatively defined by putting it on a lattice in the same dimension.
文摘Appendix A:The lattice model The lattice model in 4D space,w hose boundary gives rise to a single massless Weyl fermion,has the following form H=Hhop+Hint.
