Proof of chiral symmetry breaking in lattice gauge theory
โ Scribed by Manfred Salmhofer; Erhard Seiler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-9017
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โฆ Synopsis
Using the method of infrared bounds and partial-integration formulas, we prove that there is a chiral phase transition in four-dimensional strongly coupled lattice gauge theory with gauge group U(N) and staggered fermions for all N ~< 5.
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