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arxiv: hep-lat/9909058 · v1 · pith:PM6FYDKRnew · submitted 1999-09-08 · ✦ hep-lat

Fermion decoupling and the Axial Anomaly on the Lattice

classification ✦ hep-lat
keywords anomalyaxialfermionlatticeadler-bell-jackiwcalculatecancelsdecoupling
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In the axial Ward identity of lattice QED we show that in the limit of infinite fermion mass m the pseudoscalar density term exactly cancels the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly. Using this result we calculate the U(1) axial anomaly in a non-abelian gauge theory.

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