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One flavor QCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

One flavor QCD is a rather intriguing variation on the underlying theory of hadrons. In this case quantum anomalies remove all chiral symmetries. This paper discusses the qualitative behavior of this theory as a function of its basic parameters, exploring the non-trivial phase structure expected as these parameters are varied. Comments are made on the expected changes to this structure if the gauge group is made larger and the fermions are put into higher representations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0609187,
  title  = {One flavor QCD},
  author = {Michael Creutz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0609187},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

29 pages, 8 figures; revision adds references and minor clarifications