On Baryon Number Non-Conservation in Two-Dimensional O(2N+1) QCD

Authors

Tamar Friedmann, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Publication Title

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Abstract

We construct a classical dynamical system whose phase space is a certain infinite dimensional Grassmannian manifold, and propose that it is equivalent to the large N limit of two-dimensional QCD with an O(2N + 1) gauge group. In this theory, we find that baryon number is a topological quantity that is conserved only modulo 2. We also relate this theory to the master field approach to matrix models.

Volume

25

Issue

06

First Page

1253

Last Page

1266

DOI

doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X10047853

Rights

© the author

Comments

Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.

Recommended Citation

Friedmann, Tamar, "On Baryon Number Non-Conservation in Two-Dimensional O(2N+1) QCD" (2010). Mathematics and Statistics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/mth_facpubs/64