Time-reversal breaking in QCD4, walls, and dualities in 2 + 1 dimensions

Abstract We study SU(N ) Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in 3+1 dimensions with N f degenerate fundamental quarks with mass m and a θ-parameter. For generic m and θ the theory has a single gapped vacuum. However, as θ is varied through θ = π for large m there is a first order transition. For N f = 1 th...

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Main Authors: Davide Gaiotto, Zohar Komargodski, Nathan Seiberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)110