We discuss the eigenvalue distribution of the overlap Dirac operator in quenched QCD on lattices of size 8^{4}, 10^{4} and 12^{4} at \beta = 5.85 and \beta = 6. We distinguish the topological sectors and study the distributions of the leading non-zero eigenvalues, which are stereographically mapped onto the imaginary axis. Thus they can be compared to the predictions of random matrix theory applied to the \epsilon-expansion of chiral perturbation theory. We find a satisfactory agreement, if the physical volume exceeds about (1.2 fm)^{4}. For the unfolded level spacing distribution we find an accurate agreement with the random matrix conjecture on all volumes that we considered.
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0306022,
title = {Spectral Properties of the Overlap Dirac Operator in QCD},
author = {W. Bietenholz and K. Jansen and S. Shcheredin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0306022},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 8 figures, final version published in JHEP