722 research outputs found
The problem of the U(1) axial symmetry and the chiral transition in QCD
We discuss the role of the U(1) axial symmetry for the phase structure of QCD
at finite temperature. In particular, supported by recent lattice results, we
analyse a scenario in which a U(1)-breaking condensate survives across the
chiral transition. This scenario can be consistently reproduced using an
effective Lagrangian model. The effects of the U(1) chiral condensate on the
slope of the topological susceptibility in the full theory with quarks are
studied. Further information on the new U(1) chiral order parameter is derived
from the study (at zero temperature) of the radiative decays of the light
pseudoscalar mesons in two photons.Comment: Talk given at the ``10th High-Energy Physics International Conference
in Quantum Chromo-Dynamics'' (QCD 03), Montpellier (France), 2-9 July 2003; 8
pages, LaTeX fil
Pseudoscalar Meson Decay Constants and Couplings, the Witten-Veneziano Formula beyond large N_c, and the Topological Susceptibility
The QCD formulae for the radiative decays \eta,\eta'\to\c\c, and the
corresponding Dashen--Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner relations, differ from
conventional PCAC results due to the gluonic axial anomaly. This
introduces a critical dependence on the gluon topological susceptibility. In
this paper, we revisit our earlier theoretical analysis of radiative
pseudoscalar decays and the DGMOR relations and extract explicit experimental
values for the decay constants. This is our main result. The flavour singlet
DGMOR relation is the generalisation of the Witten-Veneziano formula beyond
large , so we are able to give a quantitative assessment of the
realisation of the expansion in the sector of QCD.
Applications to other aspects of physics, including the relation with
the first moment sum rule for the polarised photon structure function g_1^\c,
are highlighted. The Goldberger-Treiman relation is extended to
accommodate SU(3) flavour breaking and the implications of a more precise
measurement of the and -nucleon couplings are discussed. A
comparison with the existing literature on pseudoscalar meson decay constants
using large- chiral Lagrangians is also made.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figure
Reviewing the problem of the U(1) axial symmetry and the chiral transition in QCD
We discuss the role of the U(1) axial symmetry for the phase structure of QCD
at finite temperature. We expect that, above a certain critical temperature,
also the U(1) axial symmetry will be (effectively) restored. We will try to see
if this transition has (or has not) anything to do with the usual chiral
transition: various possible scenarios are discussed. In particular, supported
by recent lattice results, we analyse a scenario in which a U(1)-breaking
condensate survives across the chiral transition. This scenario can be
consistently reproduced using an effective Lagrangian model. The effects of the
U(1) chiral condensate on the slope of the topological susceptibility in the
full theory with quarks are studied: we find that this quantity (in the chiral
limit of zero quark masses) acts as an order parameter for the U(1) axial
symmetry above the chiral transition. Further information on the new U(1)
chiral order parameter is derived from the study (at zero temperature) of the
radiative decays of the pseudoscalar mesons in two photons: a comparison of our
results with the experimental data is performed.Comment: 27 pages, LaTeX file. Completely revised version including new
references and new comments on the result
Radiative Decays, the Topological Susceptibility and the Witten-Veneziano Mass Formula
The formulae describing the radiative decays \eta'(\eta)\rta\c\c in QCD
beyond the chiral limit are derived. The modifications of the conventional PCAC
formulae due to the gluonic contribution to the axial anomaly in the flavour
singlet channel are precisely described. The decay constants are found to
satisfy a modified Dashen formula which generalises the Witten--Veneziano
formula for the mass of the . Combining these results, it is shown how
the topological susceptibility in QCD with massive, dynamical quarks may be
extracted from measurements of \eta'(\eta)\rta\c\c.Comment: TeX, 21 pages, no figures, uses harvma
The `Proton Spin' Effect - Theoretical Status '97
The theoretical status of the `proton spin' effect is reviewed. The
conventional QCD parton model analysis of polarised DIS is compared with a
complementary approach, the composite operator propagator-vertex (CPV) method,
each of which provides its own insight into the origin of the observed
suppression in the first moment of . The current status of both
experiment and non-perturbative calculations is summarised. The future role of
semi-inclusive DIS experiments, in both the current and target fragmentation
regions, is described.Comment: Review talk at QCD97 Montpellier, July 1997. 12 pages, LaTeX, incl.
13 figures. Typo corrected in eq(36
The effects of an extra U(1) axial condensate on the radiative decay eta' --> gamma gamma at finite temperature
Supported by recent lattice results, we consider a scenario in which a
U(1)-breaking condensate survives across the chiral transition in QCD. This
scenario has important consequences on the pseudoscalar-meson sector, which can
be studied using an effective Lagrangian model. In particular, generalizing the
results obtained in a previous paper (where the zero-temperature case was
considered), we study the effects of this U(1) chiral condensate on the
radiative decay eta' --> gamma gamma at finite temperature.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX fil
Topological charge density renormalization in the presence of dynamical fermions
We study the renormalization group behaviour of the topological charge
density in full QCD on the lattice. We propose a way of extracting the
necessary renormalization functions from Monte Carlo simulations.Comment: 8 pages, Revte
The spin content of the proton in quenched QCD
We present preliminary results on the proton spin structure function at zero
momentum, in the quenched approximation. Our calculation makes use of a
nonperturbative means of determining the multiplicative renormalization of the
topological charge density.Comment: REVTEX, 6 pages, 1 PS figure attached. Pisa preprint IFUP-TH-14/9
Target Independence of the Emc-SMC Effect
An approach to deep inelastic scattering is described in which the matrix
elements arising from the operator product expansion are factorised into
composite operator propagators and proper vertex functions. In the case of
polarised \m p scattering, the composite operator propagator is identified
with the square root of the QCD topological susceptibility
, while the corresponding proper vertex is a
renormalisation group invariant. We estimate using QCD
spectral sum rules and find that it is significantly suppressed relative to the
OZI expectation. Assuming OZI is a good approximation for the proper vertex,
our predictions, \int_{0}^{1}dx g_1^p (x;Q^2=10\GV^2)= 0.143 \pm 0.005 and
, are in excellent agreement
with the new SMC data. This result, together with one confirming the validity
of the OZI rule in the \hp radiative decay, supports our earlier conjecture
that the suppression in the flavour singlet component of the first moment of
observed by the EMC-SMC collaboration is a target-independent feature
of QCD related to the anomaly and is not a property of the proton
structure. As a corollary, we extract the magnitude of higher twist effects
from the neutron and Bjorken sum rules.Comment: 22 pages, 8 figures available on request
The spin content of the proton in full QCD
We present preliminary results on the proton spin structure function in full
QCD. The measurement has been done using 4 flavours of staggered fermions and
an improved definition of the lattice topological charge density.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, contribution to Lattice-97. Latex file including
espcrc2.sty. The colour of a line in the first figure has been changed to
avoid problems on some printer
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