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Non-analyticity in scale in the planar limit of QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2013-05-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Using methods of numerical Lattice Gauge Theory we show that in the limit of a large number of colors, properly regularized Wilson loops have an eigenvalue distribution which changes non-analytically as the overall size of the loop is increased. This establishes a large-N phase transition in continuum planar gauge theory, a fact whose precise implications remain to be worked out.

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@article{arxiv.1109.6683,
  title  = {Non-analyticity in scale in the planar limit of QCD},
  author = {R. Lohmayer and H. Neuberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6683},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figure, minor adjustments to match version accepted for publication