A symmetry breaking scenario for QCD₃

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2018)109zbMATH Open1384.81053arXiv1706.08755MaRDI QIDQ1745521FDOQ1745521

Zohar Komargodski, Nathan Seiberg

Publication date: 17 April 2018

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

Abstract: We consider the dynamics of 2+1 dimensional $SU(N)$ gauge theory with Chern-Simons level $k$ and $N_f$ fundamental fermions. By requiring consistency with previously suggested dualities for $N_{f}leq2k$ as well as the dynamics at $k=0$ we propose that the theory with $N_f>2k$ breaks the $U(N_f)$ global symmetry spontaneously to $U(N_f/2+k)imesU(N_f/2-k)$. In contrast to the 3+1 dimensional case, the symmetry breaking takes place in a range of quark masses and not just at one point. The target space never becomes parametrically large and the Nambu-Goldstone bosons are therefore not visible semi-classically. Such symmetry breaking is argued to take place in some intermediate range of the number of flavors, $2k<N_f<N_{*}(N,k)$, with the upper limit $N_{*}$ obeying various constraints. The Lagrangian for the Nambu-Goldstone bosons has to be supplemented by nontrivial Wess-Zumino terms that are necessary for the consistency of the picture, even at $k=0$. Furthermore, we suggest two scalar dual theories in this range of $N_f$. A similar picture is developed for $SO(N)$ and $Sp(N)$ gauge theories. It sheds new light on monopole condensation and confinement in the $SO(N)$ and $Spin(N)$ theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.08755

zbMATH Keywords

anomalies in field and string theoriesChern-Simons theoriesduality in gauge field theoriesglobal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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