137 research outputs found
Topology, the meson spectrum and the scalar glueball: three probes of conformality and the way it is lost
We discuss properties of non-Abelian gauge theories that change significantly
across the lower edge of the conformal window. Their probes are the topological
observables, the meson spectrum and the scalar glueball operator. The way these
quantities change tells about the way conformal symmetry is lost.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, contribution to Sakata Memorial KMI Workshop on
"Origin of Mass and Strong Coupling Gauge Theories (SCGT15)", 3-6 March 2015,
Nagoya Universit
Pion loops in quenched Quantum Chromodynamics
We calculate the divergences of the generating functional of quenched Chiral
Perturbation Theory to one loop for a generic number of flavours. The flavour
number dependence of our result enlightens the mechanism of quark loop
cancellation in the quenched effective theory for any Green function or S
matrix element. We also apply our results to scattering and evaluate
the coefficient of the chiral log in the S-wave scattering lengths for the
quenched case.Comment: Latex, 10 pages, 1 figur
Effects of Quenching and Partial Quenching on Penguin Matrix Elements
In the calculation of non-leptonic weak decay rates, a "mismatch" arises when
the QCD evolution of the relevant weak hamiltonian down to hadronic scales is
performed in unquenched QCD, but the hadronic matrix elements are then computed
in (partially) quenched lattice QCD. This mismatch arises because the
transformation properties of penguin operators under chiral symmetry change in
the transition from unquenched to (partially) quenched QCD. Here we discuss
QCD-penguin contributions to matrix elements, and show that new
low-energy constants contribute at leading order in chiral perturbation theory
in this case. In the partially quenched case (in which sea quarks are present),
these low-energy constants are related to electro-magnetic penguins, while in
the quenched case (with no sea quarks) no such relation exists. As a simple
example, we give explicit results for and matrix
elements, and discuss the implications for lattice determinations of
amplitudes from these matrix elements.Comment: 10 pages, minor corrections, ref. added, to appear in JHE
The strong coupling regime of twelve flavors QCD
We summarize the results recently reported in Ref.[1] [A. Deuzeman, M.P.
Lombardo, T. Nunes da Silva and E. Pallante,"The bulk transition of QCD with
twelve flavors and the role of improvement"] for the SU(3) gauge theory with
Nf=12 fundamental flavors, and we add some numerical evidence and theoretical
discussion. In particular, we study the nature of the bulk transition that
separates a chirally broken phase at strong coupling from a chirally restored
phase at weak coupling. When a non-improved action is used, a rapid crossover
is observed at small bare quark masses. Our results confirm a first order
nature for this transition, in agreement with previous results we obtained
using an improved action. As shown in Ref.[1], when improvement of the action
is used, the transition is preceded by a second rapid crossover at weaker
coupling and an exotic phase emerges, where chiral symmetry is not yet broken.
This can be explained [1] by the non hermiticity of the improved lattice
Transfer matrix, arising from the competition of nearest-neighbor and
non-nearest neighbor interactions, the latter introduced by improvement and
becoming increasingly relevant at strong coupling and coarse lattices. We
further comment on how improvement may generally affect any lattice system at
strong coupling, be it graphene or non abelian gauge theories inside or
slightly below the conformal window.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium
on Lattice Field Theory, June 24 - 29, 2012, Cairns, Australi
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