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Unbreaking chiral symmetry

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2015-03-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) the eigenmodes of the Dirac operator with small absolute eigenvalues have a close relationship to the dynamical breaking of the chiral symmetry. In a simulation with two dynamical quarks, we study the behavior of meson propagators when removing increasingly more of those modes in the valence sector, thus partially removing effects of chiral symmetry breaking. We find that some of the symmetry aspects are restored (e.g., the masses of ρ\rho and a1a_1 approach each other) while confining properties persist.

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@article{arxiv.1107.5195,
  title  = {Unbreaking chiral symmetry},
  author = {C. B. Lang and Mario Schröck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5195},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures (figure added, references updated)

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