Momentum space topology of fermion zero modes on brane
G. E. Volovik
Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland
L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics RAS, 117940 Moscow, Russia
PACS: 04.50.+h, 11.25.Mj, 11.27.+d, 73.43.-f
Abstract
We discuss fermion zero modes within the 3+1 brane - the domain
wall between the two vacua in 4+1 spacetime. We do not assume relativistic
invariance in 4+1 spacetime, or any special form of the 4+1 action. The only
input is that the fermions in bulk are fully gapped and are described by
nontrivial momentum-space topology. Then the 3+1 wall between such vacua
contains chiral 3+1 fermions. The bosonic collective modes in the wall form
the gauge and gravitational fields. In principle, this universality class of
fermionic vacua can
contain all the ingredients of the Standard Model and gravity.