Gradient expansion of the one-loop effective Lagrangian for chiral fermions

  • Josef A. Zuk
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Abstract

Using the proper-time technique we calculate the one-fermion-loop contributions in four and six derivatives to the effective Lagrangian for theSU(2)xSU(2) non-linear σ-model.

Keywords

Field Theory Elementary Particle Quantum Field Theory Particle Acceleration Chiral Fermion 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Josef A. Zuk
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  1. 1.Department of Theoretical PhysicsOxfordUK

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