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Four-loop renormalisation of chiral gauge theories with non-anticommuting γ5 in the BMHV scheme

Andreas von Manteuffel, Dominik Stöckinger, Matthias Weißwange

2025Journal of High Energy Physics9 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A bstract We present the complete 4-loop renormalisation of an Abelian chiral gauge theory in the Breitenlohner-Maison / ‘t Hooft-Veltman (BMHV) scheme. Employing a non-anticommuting γ 5 in dimensional regularisation, we determine the full set of symmetry restoring counterterms from the quantum action principle. Our calculation represents the highest-order application of the BMHV framework so far, pushing the limits of a self-consistent treatment of γ 5 at the multi-loop level. We describe the computational setup that we developed to perform the computations and discuss key implementation aspects, such as the BMHV algebra and tensor reduction. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of applying the BMHV scheme at high loop orders and establishes a solid foundation for future studies of high-precision electroweak physics.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsSupersymmetric gauge theoryGauge anomalyMathematical physicsLoop (graph theory)Gauge theoryGauge (firearms)Theoretical physicsHamiltonian lattice gauge theoryQuantum gauge theoryQuantum electrodynamicsGauge fixingGauge bosonMathematicsArchaeologyCombinatoricsHistoryParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics