= in SU(N)/Z_N gauge theories

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2017)137zbMATH Open1382.81151arXiv1709.04225OpenAlexW2757796416MaRDI QIDQ1706009FDOQ1706009

Authors: Ryuichiro Kitano, Takao Suyama, N. Yamada 

Publication date: 19 March 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In $SU(N)$ gauge theory, it is argued recently that there exists a "mixed anomaly" between the CP symmetry and the 1-form $mathbb{Z}_N$ symmetry at $heta=pi$, and the anomaly matching requires CP to be spontaneously broken at $heta=pi$ if the system is in the confining phase. In this paper, we elaborate on this discussion by examining the large volume behavior of the partition functions of the $SU(N)/mathbb{Z}_N$ theory on $T^4$ a la 't Hooft. The periodicity of the partition function in $heta$, which is not $2pi$ due to fractional instanton numbers, suggests the presence of a phase transition at $heta=pi$. We propose lattice simulations to study the distribution of the instanton number in $SU(N)/mathbb{Z}_N$ theories. A characteristic shape of the distribution is predicted when the system is in the confining phase. The measurements of the distribution may be useful in understanding the phase structure of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04225

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zbMATH Keywords

confinement't Hooft and Polyakov loopslattice quantum field theoryWilsondiscrete symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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