QUARK MASSES AND CHIRAL-SYMMETRY

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CREUTZ, M
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[1] Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton
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10.1103/PhysRevD.52.2951
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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I discuss the global structure of the strongly interacting gauge theory of quarks and gluons as a function of the quark masses and the CP-violating parameter theta. I concentrate on whether a first order phase transition occurs at theta = pi. I show why this is expected when multiple flavors have a small degenerate mass. This transition can be removed by sufficient flavor breaking. I speculate on the implications of this structure for Wilson's lattice fermions.
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