Spectral flow, condensate and topology in lattice QCD

被引:90
作者
Edwards, RG [1 ]
Heller, UM [1 ]
Narayanan, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Supercomp Computat Res Inst, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
关键词
lattice QCD; Wilson fermions; topology; condensate;
D O I
10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00588-4
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study the spectral how of the Wilson-Dirac operator H(m) with and without an additional Sheikholeslami-Wohlert (SW) term on a variety of SU(3) lattice gauge field ensembles in the range 0 less than or equal to m less than or equal to 2. We have used ensembles generated from the Wilson gauge action, an improved gauge action. and several two-flavor dynamical quark ensembles. Two regions in in provide a generic characterization of the spectrum. In region I defined by m less than or equal to m(1), the spectrum has a gap. In region II defined by m(1) less than or equal to m less than or equal to 2, the gap is closed. The level crossings in H(m) that occur in region II correspond to localized eigenmodes and the localization size decreases monotonically with the crossing point down to a size of about one lattice spacing. These small modes are unphysical, and we find the topological susceptibility is relatively stable in the part of region II where the small modes cross. We argue that the lack of a gap in region II is expected to persist in the infinite volume limit at any gauge coupling. The presence of a gap is important for the implementation of domain wall fermions. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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