Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-04-25
Fortsch.Phys. 47 (1999) 433-455
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
33 pages, LaTeX, 58 KB, 3 figures (bezier style)
Scientific paper
We study the effective action in Euclidean Yang-Mills theory with a compact simple gauge group in one-loop approximation assuming a covariantly constant gauge field strength as a background. For groups of higher rank and spacetimes of higher dimensions such field configurations have many independent color components taking values in Cartan subalgebra and many ``magnetic fields'' in each color component. In our previous investigation it was shown that such background is stable in dimensions higher than four provided the amplitudes of ``magnetic fields'' do not differ much from each other. In present paper we calculate exactly the relevant zeta-functions in the case of equal amplitudes of ``magnetic fields''. For the case of two ``magnetic fields'' with equal amplitudes the behavior of the effective action is studied in detail. It is shown that in dimensions $d=4,5,6,7$ $({\rm mod}\, 8)$, the perturbative vacuum is metastable, i.e., it is stable in perturbation theory but the effective action is not bounded from below, whereas in dimensions $d=9,10,11$ $({\rm mod}\, 8)$ the perturbative vacuum is absolutely stable. In dimensions $d=8$ $({\rm mod}\, 8)$ the perturbative vacuum is stable for small values of coupling constant but becomes unstable for large coupling constant leading to the formation of a non-perturbative stable vacuum with nonvanishing ``magnetic fields''. The critical value of the coupling constant and the amplitudes of the vacuum ``magnetic fields'' are evaluated exactly.
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