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QCD Dual

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-25 v3 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We uncover a novel solution of the 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions for QCD. Interestingly in the perturbative regime the new gauge theory, if interpreted as a possible QCD dual, predicts the critical number of flavors above which QCD in the nonperturbative regime, develops an infrared stable fixed point. Remarkably this value is identical to the maximum bound predicted in the nonpertubative regime via the all-orders conjectured beta function for nonsupersymmetric gauge theories.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1364,
  title  = {QCD Dual},
  author = {Francesco Sannino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1364},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

RevTeX, 13 pages. Added discussion on operator matching and flavor decoupling. Version to match the published one

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