Pith. sign in

REVIEW 10 cited by

Microscopic Origin of \boldmath{$U_A(1)$} Symmetry Violation in the High Temperature Phase of QCD

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1502.06190 v1 pith:JZANNYSD submitted 2015-02-22 hep-lat hep-phhep-th

classification hep-lathep-phhep-th
keywords eigenmodestemperaturenear-zerosymmetryanomaloustextaccumulationargue
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

Signed reviews

No signed human review yet.

0 comments
abstract

We investigate the low-lying eigenmodes of the Dirac matrix with the aim to gain more insight into the temperature dependence of the anomalous $U_A(1)$ symmetry. We use the overlap operator to probe dynamical QCD configurations generated with (2+1)-flavors of highly improved staggered quarks. We find no evidence of a gap opening up in the infrared region of the eigenvalue spectrum even at $1.5\,T_c$, $T_c$ being the chiral crossover temperature. Instead, we observe an accumulation of near-zero eigenmodes. We argue that these near-zero eigenmodes are primarily responsible for the anomalous breaking of the axial symmetry still being effective. At $1.5\,T_c$, these near-zero eigenmodes remain localized and their distribution is consistent with the dilute instanton gas picture. At this temperature, the average size of the instantons is $0.223(8)\,\text{fm}$ and their density is $0.147(7)\,\text{fm}^{-4}$.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 10 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Imprints of $U_A(1)$ chiral anomaly and disorder in the Dirac eigenspectrum of QCD at finite temperature

    hep-lat 2026-02 unverdicted novelty 7.0 of 10

    Lattice QCD calculations show intermediate statistics in Dirac eigenvalues near the chiral crossover that correlate with disorder via Polyakov loops, with Thouless conductance serving as a new probe for effective UA(1...

  2. Dirac mode localization in QCD near the crossover temperature

    hep-lat 2026-02 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    Low-lying Dirac modes in QCD localize at Tloc ≈ 155–158 MeV, the same temperature range as the chiral crossover.

  3. Comment on "Chiral symmetry restoration, the eigenvalue density of the Dirac operator, and the axial U(1) anomaly at finite temperature"

    hep-lat 2025-10 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    A density-of-states counterexample shows that one observable moment vanishing as m^k0 does not imply all moments vanish the same way, breaking a key step in Aoki-Fukaya-Taniguchi.

  4. Symmetry of screening masses of mesons in two-flavor lattice QCD at high temperatures

    hep-lat 2025-01 accept novelty 6.0 of 10

    Using Möbius domain-wall fermions in two-flavor QCD, the authors find that vector/axial-vector and tensor/axial-tensor screening masses become degenerate above Tc, while the chiral-spin A-X splitting stays around 40 M...

  5. Meson Screening Masses in (2+1)-Flavor QCD

    hep-lat 2019-08 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    Continuum-extrapolated lattice QCD screening masses show vector-axial-vector degeneracy at Tpc and scalar-pseudoscalar degeneracy near 1.3Tpc, while J=0 and J=1 channels remain split up to 2.5 GeV.

  6. Quark mass dependence of a QCD critical point and structure of the Columbia plot

    hep-ph 2025-07 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    In a truncated Dyson-Schwinger setup, the QCD critical point moves to higher temperature and lower baryon chemical potential as light quark masses decrease toward the chiral limit.

  7. Lattice gradient flows (de-)stabilizing topological sectors

    hep-lat 2024-11 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    Iwasaki and DBW2 gradient flows keep the topological charge of SU(2) gauge configurations stable at long flow times, unlike Wilson and Symanzik flows; DBW2 quantizes the charge already near t=0.5.

  8. Aspects of the chiral crossover transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD with M\"{o}bius domain-wall fermions

    hep-lat 2024-11 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    On an Nτ=8 MDWF lattice, the non-singlet chiral symmetry restores at Tpc=158.7 MeV, while the UA(1) singlet symmetry remains effectively broken up to 186 MeV, as inferred from the temperature dependence of the topolog...

  9. The QCD phase diagram for three-flavor M\"obius domain-wall fermions

    hep-lat 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 4.0 of 10

    Lattice simulations with Möbius domain-wall fermions find the three-flavor QCD transition at mu_B=0 is a continuous crossover at pseudocritical quark masses of 184(10) MeV (Nt=6), 36-39 MeV (Nt=8), and 3.5-3.7 MeV (Nt...

  10. Axial U(1) symmetry, topology, and Dirac spectra at high temperature in $N_f=2$ lattice QCD

    hep-lat 2019-08 conditional novelty 4.0 of 10

    In high-temperature two-flavor lattice QCD, the axial U(1) and topological susceptibilities nearly vanish at small quark mass, consistent with axial U(1) symmetry restoration in the chiral limit.

Pith tools