Number of fermion generations derived from anomaly cancellation

被引：133

作者：

Dobrescu, BA ^{[1
]}

Poppitz, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 87卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.031801

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We prove that global anomaly cancellation requires more than one generation of quarks and leptons, provided that the standard model fields propagate in two universal extra dimensions. Furthermore, if the fermions of different generations have the same gauge charges and chiralities, then global anomaly cancellation implies that there must be three generations.

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页码：318011 / 318014

页数：4

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