The θ-dependence of the Yang-Mills spectrum from analytic continuation

We study the θ-dependence of the string tension and of the lightest glueball mass in four-dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theories. More precisely, we focus on the coefficients parametrizing the dependence of these quantities, which we investigate by means of numerical simulations of the lattice-discre...

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Autores: Bonanno, C., Bonati, C., Papace, M., Vadacchino, D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/415081
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/415081
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:1/N Expansion
Lattice Quantum Field Theory
Vacuum Structure and Confinement
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Sumario:We study the θ-dependence of the string tension and of the lightest glueball mass in four-dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theories. More precisely, we focus on the coefficients parametrizing the dependence of these quantities, which we investigate by means of numerical simulations of the lattice-discretized theory, carried out using imaginary values of the θ parameter. Topological freezing at large N is avoided using the Parallel Tempering on Boundary Conditions algorithm. We provide controlled continuum extrapolations of such coefficients in the N = 3 case, and we report the results obtained on two fairly fine lattice spacings for N = 6.