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On Discrete Anomalies in Chiral Gauge Theories

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arxiv 2106.06402 v2 pith:74655BXQ submitted 2021-06-11 hep-th hep-lathep-ph

On Discrete Anomalies in Chiral Gauge Theories

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We study two well-known $SU(N)$ chiral gauge theories with fermions in the symmetric, anti-symmetric and fundamental representations. We give a detailed description of the global symmetry, including various discrete quotients. Recent work argues that these theories exhibit a subtle mod 2 anomaly, ruling out certain phases in which the theories confine without breaking their global symmetry, leaving a gapless composite fermion in the infra-red. We point out that no such anomaly exists. We further exhibit an explicit path to the gapless fermion phase, showing that there is no kinematic obstruction to realising these phases.

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