80 research outputs found
Large-N Reduction, Master Field and Loop Equations in Kazakov-Migdal Model
I study the large-N reduction a la Eguchi--Kawai in the Kazakov--Migdal
lattice gauge model. I show that both quenching and twisting prescriptions lead
to the coordinate-independent master field. I discuss properties of loop
averages in reduced as well as unreduced models and demonstrate those coincide
in the large mass expansion. I derive loop equations for the Kazakov--Migdal
model at large N and show they are reduced for the quadratic potential to a
closed set of two equations. I find an exact strong coupling solution of these
equations for any D and extend the result to a more general interacting
potential.Comment: 17 pages (1 Latex figure), ITEP-YM-6-92 The figure is replaced by
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Critical Scaling and Continuum Limits in the D>1 Kazakov-Migdal Model
I investigate the Kazakov-Migdal (KM) model -- the Hermitean gauge-invariant
matrix model on a D-dimensional lattice. I utilize an exact large-N solution of
the KM model with a logarithmic potential to examine its critical behavior. I
find critical lines associated with gamma_{string}=-1/2 and gamma_{string}=0 as
well as a tri-critical point associated with a Kosterlitz-Thouless phase
transition. The continuum theories are constructed expanding around the
critical points. The one associated with gamma_{string}=0 coincides with the
standard d=1 string while the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition separates it
from that with gamma_{string}=-1/2 which is indistinguishable from pure 2D
gravity for local observables but has a continuum limit for correlators of
extended Wilson loops at large distances due to a singular behavior of the
Itzykson-Zuber correlator of the gauge fields. I reexamine the KM model with an
arbitrary potential in the large-D limit and show that it reduces at large N to
a one-matrix model whose potential is determined self-consistently. A relation
with discretized random surfaces is established via the gauged Potts model
which is equivalent to the KM model at large N providing the coordination
numbers coincide.Comment: 45pp., Latex, YM-4-9
Adjoint Fermions Induce QCD
We propose to induce QCD by fermions in the adjoint representation of the
gauge group SU(N_c) on the lattice. We consider various types of lattice
fermions: chiral, Kogut--Susskind and Wilson ones. Using the mean field method
we show that a first order large-N phase transition occurs with decreasing
fermion mass. We conclude, therefore, that adjoint fermions induce QCD. We draw
the same conclusion for the adjoint scalar or fermion models at large number of
flavors N_f when they induce a single-plaquette lattice gauge theory. We find
an exact strong coupling solution for the adjoint fermion model and show it is
quite similar to that for the Kazakov--Migdal model with the quadratic
potential. We discuss the possibility for the adjoint fermion model to be
solvable at N_c=\infty in the weak coupling region where the Wilson loops obey
normal area law.Comment: 16 pages (1 Latex figure), ITEP-YM-7-92 (signs revised
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