Non-perturbative determination of meson masses and low-energy constants in large-$N$ QCD

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Main Authors: Bonanno, Claudio, Pérez, Margarita García, González-Arroyo, Antonio, Ishikawa, Ken-Ichi, Okawa, Masanori
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author Bonanno, Claudio
Pérez, Margarita García
González-Arroyo, Antonio
Ishikawa, Ken-Ichi
Okawa, Masanori
author_facet Bonanno, Claudio
Pérez, Margarita García
González-Arroyo, Antonio
Ishikawa, Ken-Ichi
Okawa, Masanori
contents We provide first-principles non-perturbative determinations of the low-lying meson mass spectrum of large-$N$ QCD in the 't Hooft limit $N_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm f}}/N\to 0$, as well as of three low-energy constants appearing in the QCD chiral expansion: the quark condensate $Σ$, the pion decay constant $F_π$, and the next-to-leading-order coupling $\bar{\ell}_4$. Using the excited state masses in the $π$ and $ρ$ channels, we are able to investigate the behavior of their radial Regge trajectories. Concerning QCD low-energy constants, we are able to assess the magnitude of sub-leading corrections in $1/N$ by combining our $N=\infty$ results with previous finite-$N$ determinations. Our calculation exploits large-$N$ twisted volume reduction to efficiently perform numerical Monte Carlo simulations of the large-$N$ lattice discretized theory. We employ several values of $N$ up to $N=841$, 5 values of the lattice spacing, and several values of the quark mass, to achieve controlled continuum and chiral extrapolations.
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spellingShingle Non-perturbative determination of meson masses and low-energy constants in large-$N$ QCD
Bonanno, Claudio
Pérez, Margarita García
González-Arroyo, Antonio
Ishikawa, Ken-Ichi
Okawa, Masanori
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We provide first-principles non-perturbative determinations of the low-lying meson mass spectrum of large-$N$ QCD in the 't Hooft limit $N_{\scriptscriptstyle{\rm f}}/N\to 0$, as well as of three low-energy constants appearing in the QCD chiral expansion: the quark condensate $Σ$, the pion decay constant $F_π$, and the next-to-leading-order coupling $\bar{\ell}_4$. Using the excited state masses in the $π$ and $ρ$ channels, we are able to investigate the behavior of their radial Regge trajectories. Concerning QCD low-energy constants, we are able to assess the magnitude of sub-leading corrections in $1/N$ by combining our $N=\infty$ results with previous finite-$N$ determinations. Our calculation exploits large-$N$ twisted volume reduction to efficiently perform numerical Monte Carlo simulations of the large-$N$ lattice discretized theory. We employ several values of $N$ up to $N=841$, 5 values of the lattice spacing, and several values of the quark mass, to achieve controlled continuum and chiral extrapolations.
title Non-perturbative determination of meson masses and low-energy constants in large-$N$ QCD
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05446