VACUUM FIELDS IN THE SCHWINGER MODEL

被引:51
作者
SMILGA, AV
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[1] Institute for Theoretical Physics, Bern University, 3012 Bern
[2] ITEP, Moscow
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10.1103/PhysRevD.46.5598
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We suggest a simple model of a ''vortex-antivortex liquid'' for the characteristic Euclidean gauge-field configuration giving the main contribution to the path integral in the two-dimensional Schwinger model. The spectrum of the Dirac operator in this model has a nonzero volume density of eigenvalues rho(lambda) at lambda=0 which gives rise to a nonzero fermion condensate [psipsiBAR]0. The model reproduces also the correct qualitative behavior for the field-strength correlator (E(x)E(y)) and for the Wilson loop. The implications for QCD are discussed.
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