CRITICAL-BEHAVIOR IN (2+1)-DIMENSIONAL QCD

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APPELQUIST, T [1 ]
NASH, D [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT PHYS,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.721
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
QCD in 2+1 dimensions with N species of fermions, analyzed in the 1/N expansion, is shown to exhibit a chiral and confinement phase transition as N approaches a critical value Nc. For N>Nc, the theory is chirally symmetric and deconfined. For N<Nc, chiral symmetry is broken and confinement sets in at momentum scales less than the fermion mass. The reliability of the 1/N expansion when NNc is discussed, and the behavior of this theory is contrasted with QCD in 3+1 dimensions. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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