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Odd-flavored QCD3 and random matrix theory

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 547; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0550-3213(99)00091-7

1873-1562

Jesper Christiansen,

Theoretical and Computational Physics

We consider QCD_3 with an odd number of flavors in the mesoscopic scaling region where the field theory finite-volume partition function is equivalent to a random matrix theory partition function. We argue that the theory is parity invariant at the classical level if an odd number of masses are zero. By introducing so-called pseudo-orthogonal polynomials we are able to relate the kernel to the kernel of the chiral unitary ensemble in the sector of topological charge $\nu={1/2}$. We prove universality and are able to write the kernel in the microscopic limit in terms of field theory finite-volume partition functions.