Problems with the Quenched Approximation in the Chiral Limit
Abstract
In the quenched approximation, loops of the light singlet meson (the ) give rise to a type of chiral logarithm absent in full QCD. These logarithms are singular in the chiral limit throwing doubt upon the utility of the quenched approximation. In previous work, I summed a class of diagrams, leading to non-analytic power dependencies such as . I suggested, however, that these peculiar results could be redefined away. Here I give an alternative derivation of the results, based on the renormalization group, and argue that they cannot be redefined away. I discuss the evidence (or lack thereof) for such effects in numerical data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9211005,
title = {Problems with the Quenched Approximation in the Chiral Limit},
author = {Stephen Sharpe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9211005},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
(talk given at Lattice '92), 4 pages latex, 3 postscript figures, uses espcr2.sty and psfig.tex (all included) UW/PT-92-20