Studies of chiral symmetry breaking in lattice gauge theory

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5591718

Shigemitsu, J

We study chiral symmetry breaking in SU(2) and SU(3) lattice gauge theory using the quenched approximation. For the SU(2) theory we consider quarks in the l=1/2, l=1, l=3/2 and l=2 representations and find evidence for a hierarchy of relevant energy scales. In the SU(3) theory with fundamental quarks both the deconfinement and the chiral symmetry restoration transition occurs at the same temperature. In the absence of dynamical quark loops both transitions are first order.

• Research Organization: Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER01545
• OSTI ID: 5591718
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/01545-338; ON: DE83017891
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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