Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2007-11-05
Phys.Rev.D77:114504,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
19 pages, revtex, shortened version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.114504
We discuss the properties of 't Hooft vertices in partially quenched and rooted versions of QCD in the continuum. These theories have a physical subspace, equivalent to ordinary QCD, that is contained within a larger space that includes many unphysical correlation functions. We find that the 't Hooft vertices in the physical subspace have the expected form, despite the presence of unphysical 't Hooft vertices appearing in correlation functions that have an excess of valence quarks (or ghost quarks). We resolve an apparent paradox that arises when one uses rooted staggered fermions to study one-flavor QCD, by showing how, in partially quenched theories, it is possible to have spontaneous symmetry breaking of a non-anomalous symmetry in finite volume. Using these results, we demonstrate that arguments recently given by Creutz--claiming to disprove the validity of rooted staggered QCD--are incorrect. In particular, the unphysical 't Hooft vertices do not present an obstacle to the recovery of taste symmetry in the continuum limit.
Bernard Claude
Golterman Maarten
Shamir Yigal
Sharpe Stephen
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