Published September 20, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Chiral symmetry breaking at large Nc

  • 1. Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855 (United States)

Description

We present numerical evidence for the hypothesis that, in the planar limit, four-dimensional Euclidean Yang-Mills theory on a finite symmetrical four-torus breaks chiral symmetry spontaneously when the length of the sides l is larger than a critical value lc with a bilinear condensate whose value is independent of l. Therefore spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs at finite volume and infinite Nc reduction holds for the chiral condensate

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.07.002;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-lat/0405025v3;
PII
S0550-3213(04)00480-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
696
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 107-140
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36051138
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CHIRALITY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.