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The + - 0 Mass Difference and the S Parameter in Large Nf QCD
Author(s) -
Masayasu Harada,
Masafumi Kurachi,
Koichi Yamawaki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.115.765
Subject(s) - physics , quantum chromodynamics , scaling , singularity , coupling constant , particle physics , quantum electrodynamics , mathematical physics , phase (matter) , gauge (firearms) , scale parameter , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , statistics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , history
In the framework of the Schwinger-Dyson equation and the Bethe-Salpeterequation in the improved ladder approximation, we calculate the S parameter andan analogue of the \pi^+ - \pi^0 mass difference \Delta m_\pi^2 \equivm_{\pi^+}^2 -m_{\pi^0}^2 as well as the NG boson decay constant f_\pi on thesame footing in the large N_f QCD, through the difference between the vectorcurrent correlator \Pi_{VV} and the axial-vector current correlator \Pi_{AA}.Approaching the chiral phase transition point \alpha_*\to \alpha_{\rm cr}(=\pi/4) from the broken phase, where \alpha_* is the the gauge coupling on theinfrared fixed point, \Delta m_\pi^2 as well as f_\pi^2 goes to zero with theessential-singularity scaling (Miransky scaling), while the ratio indicates ablowing up enhancement reflecting the characteristic behavior of the large N_fQCD as a walking theory which is expected to scale as \Delta m_\pi^2/f_\pi^2\sim (\alpha_*/\alpha_{\rm cr}-1)^{-1/2}. On the other hand, the S parametertakes values somewhat smaller than that of the real-life QCD and indicatesslightly decreasing tendency as we approach the phase transition point.Comment: Change of title & abstract, new reference, new discussions on ultraviolet contributions from outside of those explicitly calculated. 32 pages, 12 figure

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