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Dirac spectrum of one-flavor QCD at θ=0 and continuity of the chiral condensate

  • University of Regensburg

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Abstract

We derive exact analytical expressions for the spectral density of the Dirac operator at fixed θ-angle in the microscopic domain of one-flavor QCD. These results are obtained by performing the sum over topological sectors using novel identities involving sums of products of Bessel functions. Because the fermion determinant is not positive definite for negative quark mass, the usual Banks-Casher relation is not valid and has to be replaced by a different mechanism first observed for QCD at nonzero chemical potential. Using the exact results for the spectral density we explain how this mechanism results in a chiral condensate that remains constant when the quark mass changes sign.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116004
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume90
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 17 2014

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