Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-06-28
Nucl.Phys. B487 (1997) 191-206
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
20 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00684-0
We address the issue of topological angles in the context of two dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theory coupled to massive fermions in the adjoint representation. Classification of the resulting multiplicity of vacua is carried outin terms of asymptotic fundamental Wilson loops, or equivalently, charges at the boundary of the world. We explicitly demonstrate that the multiplicity of vacuum states is equal to N for SU(N) gauge group. Different worlds of the theory are classified by the integer number k=0,1,...N-1 (superselection rules) which plays an analogous role to the $\theta$ parameter in QCD. Via two completely independent approaches we study the physical properties of these unconnected worlds as a function of k. First, we apply the well known machinery of the loop calculus in order to calculate the effective string tensions in the theory as function of $k$. The second way of doing the same physics is the standard particle/field theoretic calculation for the binding potential of a pair of infinitely massive fermions. We also calculate the vacuum energy as function of k.
Paniak L. D.
Semenoff Gordon W.
Zhitnitsky Ariel R.
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