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Phase structure with nonzero $\Theta_{\rm QCD}$ and twisted mass fermions

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2015-11-25 v2

Abstract

We determine the phase diagram and chiral condensate for lattice QCD with two flavors of twisted-mass fermions in the presence of nondegenerate up and down quarks, discretization errors and a nonzero value of ΘQCD\Theta_{\rm QCD}. Although such a theory has a complex action and cannot, at present, be simulated, the results are needed to understand how to tune to maximal twist in the presence of electromagnetism, a topic discussed in a companion paper. We find that, in general, the only phase structure is a first-order transition of finite length. Pion masses are nonvanishing throughout the phase plane except at the endpoints of the first-order line. Only for extremal values of the twist angle and ΘQCD\Theta_{\rm QCD} (ω=0\omega=0 or π/2\pi/2 and ΘQCD=0\Theta_{\rm QCD}=0 or π\pi) are there second-order transitions.

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@article{arxiv.1507.03653,
  title  = {Phase structure with nonzero $\Theta_{\rm QCD}$ and twisted mass fermions},
  author = {Derek P. Horkel and Stephen R. Sharpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03653},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages, 6 figures Introduction expanded, results unchanged, consistent with published version

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