Theoretical foundation for the index theorem on the lattice with staggered fermions

• Main Author: Adams, David H.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Mathematical Sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100961; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18247
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A way to identify the would-be zero modes of staggered lattice fermions away from the continuum limit is presented. Our approach also identifies the chiralities of these modes, and their index is seen to be determined by gauge field topology in accordance with the index theorem. The key idea is to c...