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Vacuum energy as a c-function for theories with dynamically generated masses

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-01-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We argue that in asymptotically free non-Abelian gauge theories possessing the phenomenon of dynamical mass generation the β\beta function is negative up to a value of the coupling constant that corresponds to a non-trivial fixed point, in agreement with recent AdS/QCD analysis. This fixed point happens at the minimum of the vacuum energy (Ω\Omega), which, as a characteristic of theories with dynamical mass generation, has the properties of a c-function.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1008.2376,
  title  = {Vacuum energy as a c-function for theories with dynamically generated masses},
  author = {A. C. Aguilar and A. Doff and A. A. Natale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2376},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

12 pages, 3 figures

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