On chiral realizations of confining theories

D. Amati*, E. Rabinovici

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Abstract

It is argued that chirality is not necessarily broken in SU(N) colour theories with a chiral flavour symmetry. In this case, massless fermion bound states contributr to anomaly equations, and loop expansions in a 1/N approach are invalid. As a hint to understanding which option is realized by the theory, we investigate it in two dimensions for very small quark masses. The light spectrum shows a rich structure not obtained in a 1 N expansion. Light flavoured baryons and mesons indicate a partial realization of the chiral symmetry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)407-411
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume101
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 1981

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