Chiral susceptibility and the scalar Ward identity.
The chiral susceptibility is given by the scalar vacuum polarization at zero total momentum. This follows directly from the expression for the vacuum quark condensate so long as a nonperturbative symmetry preserving truncation scheme is employed. For QCD in-vacuum the susceptibility can rigorously be defined via a Pauli-Villars regularization procedure. Owing to the scalar Ward identity, irrespective of the form or Ansatz for the kernel of the gap equation, the consistent scalar vertex at zero total momentum can automatically be obtained and hence the consistent susceptibility. This enables calculation of the chiral susceptibility for markedly different vertex Ansaetze. For the two cases considered, the results were consistent and the minor quantitative differences easily understood. The susceptibility can be used to demarcate the domain of coupling strength within a theory upon which chiral symmetry is dynamically broken. Degenerate massless scalar and pseudoscalar bound-states appear at the critical coupling for dynamical chiral symmetry breaking.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Key Grant Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education; Gordon Godfrey Fund
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1001617
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/PHY/JA-63253
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. C, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C Journal Issue: Mar. 2009 Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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