Lattice Quantization of Free Fermions without Doublers

Abstract

We present a method to quantize free fermions which eliminates the doublers when implemented on the lattice in any number of dimensions and in the $m=0$ limit. The elimination of doublers is achieved by combining a second-order description of fermions, with the tools associated with non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. We identify a new Pseudo-Hermitian symmetry of the second-order fermion equation, and we identify the associated $U(1)$ symmetry which will become charge when shifted to a local gauge theory. We validated the methods numerically.