The conformal window from the worldline formalism

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2009.10.010zbMATH Open1203.81168arXiv0907.4091OpenAlexW2043553904MaRDI QIDQ620651FDOQ620651

Adi Armoni

Publication date: 19 January 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use the worldline formalism to derive a universal relation for the lower boundary of the conformal window in non-supersymmetric QCD-like theories. The derivation relies on the convergence of the expansion of the fermionic determinant in terms of Wilson loops. The expansion shares a similarity with the lattice strong coupling expansion and the genus expansion in string theory. Our result relates the lower boundary of the conformal window in theories with different representations and different gauge groups. Finally, we use SQCD to estimate the boundary of the conformal window in QCD-like theories and compare it with other approaches.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4091

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zbMATH Keywords

Wilson loops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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