Odd-flavored QCD3 and random matrix theory

We consider QCD(3) with an odd number of flavors in the mesoscopic scaling region where the field theory finite-volume partition function is equivalent to a random matrix theory partition function. We argue that the theory is parity invariant at the classical level if an add number of masses are zero. By introducing so-called pseudo-orthogonal polynomials we are able to relate the kernel to the kernel of the chiral unitary ensemble with beta = 2 in the sector of topological charge nu = 1/2. We prove universality and are able to write the kernel in the microscopic limit in terms of field theory finite-volume partition functions. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.