Chiral symmetry breaking in confining theories

T. Banks; A. Casher

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90255-2

Chiral symmetry breaking in confining theories

T. Banks
, A. Casher

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The behaviour of the chiral order parameter in gauge theories is analysed. It is shown that in the confining phase chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken. We employ a new lattice version of the Dirac equation which avoids spectral multiplication.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	103-125
Number of pages	23
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	169
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(80)90255-2
State	Published - 1980
Externally published	Yes

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