Reduction of Dynamical Degrees of Freedom in the Large N Gauge Theory

Jan, 1982
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 48 (1982) 1063
Report number:
  • UT-378-TOKYO

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Abstract: (APS)
It is pointed out that the factorization of disconnected Wilson loop amplitudes implies a major reduction in the dynamical degrees of freedom in the large-N limit of lattice gauge theory; the original model may be replaced by a much simpler one (d is the space-time dimensionality), Z=Πμ[∫ d Uμexp(βν≠Σμ≠ν=1dtrUμUvUμ†Uν†)] Thus the field theory may be reduced to an integration over a finite number of matrices in large-N limit.
  • Wilson loop
  • gauge field theory: U(N)
  • expansion 1/N
  • factorization
  • lattice field theory
  • expansion 1/d
  • Dyson-Schwinger equation
  • critical phenomena