Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model
Abstract We study the scattering of fermions off ’t Hooft lines in the Standard Model. A long-standing paradox suggests that the outgoing fermions necessarily carry fractional quantum numbers. In a previous paper, we resolved this paradox in the context of a number of toy models where we showed that...
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| author | Marieke van Beest Philip Boyle Smith Diego Delmastro Rishi Mouland David Tong |
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| description | Abstract We study the scattering of fermions off ’t Hooft lines in the Standard Model. A long-standing paradox suggests that the outgoing fermions necessarily carry fractional quantum numbers. In a previous paper, we resolved this paradox in the context of a number of toy models where we showed that the outgoing radiation is created by operators that are attached to a co-dimension 1 topological surface. This shifts the quantum numbers of the outgoing states associated to non-anomalous symmetries to be integer valued as required, while the quantum numbers associated to anomalous symmetries are fractional. Here we apply these ideas to the Standard Model. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3f29471addda43ebac6d17b72f6e34be2024-11-24T12:06:21ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-08-012024813410.1007/JHEP08(2024)004Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard ModelMarieke van Beest0Philip Boyle Smith1Diego Delmastro2Rishi Mouland3David Tong4Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNYKavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of TokyoSimons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNYDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeAbstract We study the scattering of fermions off ’t Hooft lines in the Standard Model. A long-standing paradox suggests that the outgoing fermions necessarily carry fractional quantum numbers. In a previous paper, we resolved this paradox in the context of a number of toy models where we showed that the outgoing radiation is created by operators that are attached to a co-dimension 1 topological surface. This shifts the quantum numbers of the outgoing states associated to non-anomalous symmetries to be integer valued as required, while the quantum numbers associated to anomalous symmetries are fractional. Here we apply these ideas to the Standard Model.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)004Global SymmetriesSolitons Monopoles and InstantonsWilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loopsAnomalies in Field and String Theories |
| spellingShingle | Marieke van Beest Philip Boyle Smith Diego Delmastro Rishi Mouland David Tong Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model Journal of High Energy Physics Global Symmetries Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Wilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops Anomalies in Field and String Theories |
| title | Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model |
| title_full | Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model |
| title_fullStr | Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model |
| title_short | Fermion-monopole scattering in the Standard Model |
| title_sort | fermion monopole scattering in the standard model |
| topic | Global Symmetries Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Wilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops Anomalies in Field and String Theories |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)004 |
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