Published March 26, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

A new chiral two-matrix theory for Dirac spectra with imaginary chemical potential

  • 1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University West London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen O (Denmark)
  • 3. Physics Department and Center for Computational Science, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 (United States)

Description

We solve a new chiral random two-matrix theory by means of biorthogonal polynomials for any matrix size N. By deriving the relevant kernels we find explicit formulas for all (n,k)-point spectral (mixed or unmixed) correlation functions. In the microscopic limit we find the corresponding scaling functions, and thus derive all spectral correlators in this limit as well. We extend these results to the ordinary (non-chiral) ensembles, and also there provide explicit solutions for any finite size N, and in the microscopic scaling limit. Our results give the general analytical expressions for the microscopic correlation functions of the Dirac operator eigenvalues in theories with imaginary baryon and isospin chemical potential, and can be used to extract the tree-level pion decay constant from lattice gauge theory configurations. We find exact agreement with previous computations based on the low-energy effective field theory in the two special cases where comparisons are possible

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.12.016;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0609059v2;
PII
S0550-3213(06)00999-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
766
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 34-67
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.