Random matrix theory and quantum chromodynamics

DOI10.1093/OSO/9780198797319.003.0005MaRDI QIDQ4636212zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gernot Akemann

Publication date 23 April 2018

Published in Stochastic Processes and Random Matrices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.06011

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac spectrumlattice algorithmorthogonal polynomialsquantum chromodynamicsrandom matrix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Random matrices (probabilistic aspects) (60B20) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: These notes are based on the lectures delivered at the Les Houches Summer School in July 2015. They are addressed at a mixed audience of physicists and mathematicians with some basic working knowledge of random matrix theory. The first part is devoted to the solution of the chiral Gaussian Unitary Ensemble in the presence of characteristic polynomials, using orthogonal polynomial techniques. This includes all eigenvalue density correlation functions, smallest eigenvalue distributions and their microscopic limit at the origin. These quantities are relevant for the description of the Dirac operator spectrum in Quantum Chromodynamics with three colours in four Euclidean space-time dimensions. In the second part these two theories are related based on symmetries, and the random matrix approximation is explained. In the last part recent developments are covered including the effect of finite chemical potential and finite space-time lattice spacing, and their corresponding orthogonal polynomials. We also give some open random matrix problems.

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