Non-perturbative determination of meson masses and low-energy constants in large-N QCD

We provide first-principles non-perturbative determinations of the low-lying meson mass spectrum of large-N QCD in the ’t Hooft limit Nf/N → 0, as well as of three low-energy constants appearing in the QCD chiral expansion: the quark condensate Σ, the pion decay constant Fπ, and the next-to-leading-...

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Autores: Bonanno, C., Pérez, M.G., González-Arroyo, A., Ishikawa, K.-I., Okawa, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::5854d262bbcacb608ec3b7d6052442b9
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/429125
https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105024895758?origin=resultslist
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:1/N Expansion
Chiral Symmetry
Lattice QCD
Vacuum Structure and Confinement
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Sumario:We provide first-principles non-perturbative determinations of the low-lying meson mass spectrum of large-N QCD in the ’t Hooft limit Nf/N → 0, as well as of three low-energy constants appearing in the QCD chiral expansion: the quark condensate Σ, the pion decay constant Fπ, and the next-to-leading-order coupling. Using the excited state masses in the π and ρ channels, we are able to investigate the behavior of their radial Regge trajectories. Concerning QCD low-energy constants, we are able to assess the magnitude of sub-leading corrections in 1/N by combining our N = ∞ results with previous finite-N determinations. Our calculation exploits large-N twisted volume reduction to efficiently perform numerical Monte Carlo simulations of the large-N lattice discretized theory. We employ several values of N up to N = 841, 5 values of the lattice spacing, and several values of the quark mass, to achieve controlled continuum and chiral extrapolations. © The Author(s) 2025.