Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1996-08-30
Phys.Rept. 302 (1998) 143-209
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
81 pages. Style elsart.sty. To be published in Physics Reports
Scientific paper
The general features of the 1/N expansion in statistical mechanics and quantum field theory are briefly reviewed both from the theoretical and from the phenomenological point of view as an introduction to a more detailed analysis of the large-N properties of spin and gauge models possessing the symmetry group $SU(N) \times SU(N)$. An extensive discussion of the known properties of the single-link integral (equivalent to YM_2 and one-dimensional chiral models) includes finite-$N$ results, the external field solution, properties of the determinant, and the double scaling limit. Two major classes of solvable generalizations are introduced: one-dimensional closed chiral chains and models defined on a $d-1$ dimensional simplex. In both cases large-N solutions are presented with emphasis on their double scaling properties. The available techniques and results concerning unitary-matrix models that correspond to asymptotically free quantum field theories (two-dimensional chiral models and four-dimensional QCD) are discussed, including strong-coupling methods, reduced formulations, and the Monte Carlo approach.
Campostrini Massimo
Rossi Paolo
Vicari Ettore
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