Vector mesons on the wall

Abstract

A domain-wall configuration of the ${\eta }^{\prime }$ meson bounded by a string (called a pancake or a Hall droplet) is recently proposed to describe the baryons with spin $N_c/2$. In order to understand its baryon number as well as the flavor quantum number, we argue that the vector mesons (the $\rho$ and $\omega$ mesons) should play an essential role for the consistency of the whole picture. We determine the effective theory of large-$N_c$ QCD with $N_f$ massless fermions by taking into account a mixed anomaly involving the $\theta$-periodicity and the global symmetry. The anomaly matching requires the presence of a dynamical domain wall on which a $U(N_f{)}_{-N_c}$ Chern-Simons theory is supported. We consider the boundary conditions that should be imposed on the edge of the domain wall, and conclude that there should be a boundary term that couples the $U(N_f{)}_{-N_c}$ gauge field to the vector mesons. We discuss the impact on physics of the chiral phase transition and the relation to the "duality" of QCD.

29 pages, 1 figure; reference and discussion added

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