Speaker
Dr
Michael Creutz
(Physics Department, BNL)
Description
Partially quenched chiral perturbation theory usually assumes that
valence quarks propagating on gauge configurations prepared with sea
quarks of different masses will form a chiral condensate as the
valence quark mass goes to zero. I present a counterexample involving
non-degenerate sea quarks where the valence condensate does not form.
Summary
Partially quenched chiral perturbation theory can fail if the valence quarks are lighter than the average sea quark mass.
Primary author
Dr
Michael Creutz
(Physics Department, BNL)
