Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2008-04-09
Phys.Rev.D78:025009,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
16 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.025009
The behavior of Wilson loops with fractional charge is used to study the $\theta$-dependence of the free energy density $\epsilon(\theta)$ for the $CP^1$, $CP^5$, and $CP^9$ sigma models in two spacetime dimensions. The function $\epsilon(\theta)$ is extracted from the area law for a Wilson loop of charge $q=\theta/2\pi$. For $CP^1$, $\epsilon(\theta)$ is smooth in the region $\theta\approx\pi$ and well-described by a dilute instanton gas throughout the range $0<\theta<2\pi$. For $CP^5$ and $CP^9$ the energy exhibits a clear cusp and evidence for discrete, degenerate vacua at $\theta = \pi$, as expected from large $N$ arguments. For $CP^9$ the $\theta$-dependence is in good quantitative agreement with the leading order large $N$ prediction $\epsilon(\theta)={1/2}\chi_t\theta^2$ throughout the range $0<\theta<\pi$.
Keith-Hynes Patrick
Thacker Harry B.
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