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Surface modes and chiral symmetry (Wilson Fermions in a box)

Michael Creutz, Ivan Horvath

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/9312068

Abstract

We give a Hamiltonian discussion of surface states in an extra dimension as a basis for chiral fermions in lattice models. Such modes appear with the Wilson fermion action when the hopping parameter exceeds a critical value. The association of such states with the closing and reopening of a band gap was noted by Shockley in 1939. Poster presented by Michael Creutz at Lattice 93. Uuencoded compressed postscript file.

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