Non-abelian lattice gauge theory with a topological action

SU(2) gauge theory is investigated with a lattice action which is insensitive to small perturbations of the lattice gauge fields. Bare perturbation theory can not be defined for such actions at all. We compare non-perturbative continuum results with that obtained by the usual Wilson plaquette action...

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Autores: Nogradi, Daniel, Szikszai, Lorinc, Varga, Zoltan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/687575
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/687575
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2018)032
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lattice Quantum Field Theory
Nonperturbative Effects
Física
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Sumario:SU(2) gauge theory is investigated with a lattice action which is insensitive to small perturbations of the lattice gauge fields. Bare perturbation theory can not be defined for such actions at all. We compare non-perturbative continuum results with that obtained by the usual Wilson plaquette action. The compared observables span a wide range of interesting phenomena: zero temperature large volume behavior (topological susceptibility), finite temperature phase transition (critical exponents and critical temperature) and also the small volume regime (discrete β-function or step-scaling function). In the continuum limit perfect agreement is found indicating that universality holds for these topological lattice actions as well.