Two dimensional SU(N) x SU(N) chiral models on the lattice

Lattice $SU(N)\times SU(N)$ chiral models are analyzed by strong and weak coupling expansions and by numerical simulations. $12^{th}$ order strong coupling series for the free and internal energy are obtained for all $N\geq 6$. Three loop contributions to the internal energy and to the lattice $\beta$-function are evaluated for all $N$ and non-universal corrections to the asymptotic $\Lambda$ parameter are computed in the ``temperature'' and the ``energy'' scheme. Numerical simulations confirm a faster approach to asymptopia of the energy scheme. A phenomenological correlation between the peak in the specific heat and the dip of the $\beta$-function is observed. Tests of scaling are performed for various physical quantities, finding substantial scaling at $\xi \gtrsim 2$. In particular, at $N=6$ three different mass ratios are determined numerically and found in agreement, within statistical errors of about 1\%, with the theoretical predictions from the exact S-matrix theory.Comment: pre-print IFUP 29/93, revised version, 12 pages, 10 figures avaliable on request by FAX or by mail. REVTE

One-dimensional asymmetrically coupled maps with defects

In this letter we study chaotic dynamical properties of an asymmetrically coupled one-dimensional chain of maps. We discuss the existence of coherent regions in terms of the presence of defects along the chain. We find out that temporal chaos is instantaneously localized around one single defect and that the tangent vector jumps from one defect to another in an apparently random way. We quantitatively measure the localization properties by defining an entropy-like function in the space of tangent vectors.Comment: 9 pages + 4 figures TeX dialect: Plain TeX + IOP macros (included

Generalised Spin Projection for Fermion Actions

The majority of compute time doing lattice QCD is spent inverting the fermion matrix. The time that this takes increases with the condition number of the matrix. The FLIC(Fat Link Irrelevant Clover) action displays, among other properties, an improved condition number compared to standard actions and hence is of interest due to potential compute time savings. However, due to its two different link sets there is a factor of two cost in floating point multiplications compared to the Wilson action. An additional factor of two has been attributed due to the loss of the so-called spin projection trick. We show that any split-link action may be written in terms of spin projectors, reducing the additional cost to at most a factor of two. Also, we review an efficient means of evaluating the clover term, which is additional expense not present in the Wilson action.Comment: 4 page

Two dimensional SU(N)xSU(N) Chiral Models on the Lattice (II): the Green's Function

Analytical and numerical methods are applied to principal chiral models on a two-dimensional lattice and their predictions are tested and compared. New techniques for the strong coupling expansion of SU(N) models are developed and applied to the evaluation of the two-point correlation function. The momentum-space lattice propagator is constructed with precision O(\beta^{10}) and an evaluation of the correlation length is obtained for several different definitions. Three-loop weak coupling contributions to the internal energy and to the lattice $\beta$ and $\gamma$ functions are evaluated for all N, and the effect of adopting the ``energy'' definition of temperature is computed with the same precision. Renormalization-group improved predictions for the two-point Green's function in the weak coupling ( continuum ) regime are obtained and successfully compared with Monte Carlo data. We find that strong coupling is predictive up to a point where asymptotic scaling in the energy scheme is observed. Continuum physics is insensitive to the effects of the large N phase transition occurring in the lattice model. Universality in N is already well established for $N \ge 10$ and the large N physics is well described by a ``hadronization'' picture.Comment: Revtex, 37 pages, 16 figures available on request by FAX or mai

Characterization of a periodically driven chaotic dynamical system

We discuss how to characterize the behavior of a chaotic dynamical system depending on a parameter that varies periodically in time. In particular, we study the predictability time, the correlations and the mean responses, by defining a local--in--time version of these quantities. In systems where the time scale related to the time periodic variation of the parameter is much larger than the ``internal'' time scale, one has that the local quantities strongly depend on the phase of the cycle. In this case, the standard global quantities can give misleading information.Comment: 15 pages, Revtex 2.0, 8 figures, included. All files packed with uufile

Numerical Observation of a Tubular Phase in Anisotropic Membranes

We provide the first numerical evidence for the existence of a tubular phase, predicted by Radzihovsky and Toner (RT), for anisotropic tethered membranes without self-avoidance. Incorporating anisotropy into the bending rigidity of a simple model of a tethered membrane with free boundary conditions, we show that the model indeed has two phase transitions corresponding to the flat-to-tubular and tubular-to-crumpled transitions. For the tubular phase we measure the Flory exponent $\nu_F$ and the roughness exponent $\zeta$. We find $\nu_F=0.305(14)$ and $\zeta=0.895(60)$, which are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical predictions of RT --- $\nu_F=1/4$ and $\zeta=1$.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, REVTEX, final published versio

The Yang Lee Edge Singularity on Feynman Diagrams

We investigate the Yang-Lee edge singularity on non-planar random graphs, which we consider as the Feynman Diagrams of various d=0 field theories, in order to determine the value of the edge exponent. We consider the hard dimer model on phi3 and phi4 random graphs to test the universality of the exponent with respect to coordination number, and the Ising model in an external field to test its temperature independence. The results here for generic (``thin'') random graphs provide an interesting counterpoint to the discussion by Staudacher of these models on planar random graphs.Comment: LaTeX, 6 pages + 3 figure

Large N reduction in the continuum three dimensional Yang-Mills theory

Numerical and theoretical evidence leads us to propose the following: Three dimensional Euclidean Yang-Mills theory in the planar limit undergoes a phase transition on a torus of side $l=l_c$. For $l>l_c$ the planar limit is $l$-independent, as expected of a non-interacting string theory. We expect the situation in four dimensions to be similar.Comment: 4 pages, latex file, two figures, version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let

Universality of large N phase transitions in Wilson loop operators in two and three dimensions

The eigenvalue distribution of a Wilson loop operator of fixed shape undergoes a transition under scaling at infinite N. We derive a large N scaling function in a double scaling limit of the average characteristic polynomial associated with the Wilson loop operator in two dimensional QCD. We hypothesize that the transition in three and four dimensional large N QCD are also in the same universality class and provide a numerical test for our hypothesis in three dimensions.Comment: 43 pages, 1 table, 18 figures, uses JHEP3.cls, one reference added, replaced Figure 3 and a small change to eqn (4.8