A simplified test of universality in Lattice QCD

Abstract

A simplified test of universality in Lattice QCD is performed by analytically evaluating the continuous Euclidean time limits of various lattice fermion determinants, both with and without a Wilson term to lift the fermion doubling on the Euclidean time axis, and comparing them with each other and with the zeta-regularised fermion determinant in the continuous time--lattice space setting. The determinant relations expected from universality considerations are found to be violated by a certain gauge field-dependent factor, i.e. we uncover a "universality anomaly". The physical significance, or lack thereof, of this factor is a delicate question which remains to be settled.

6 pages. v2: Revised to include a further result on the zeta-regularised fermion determinant in the continuous time--lattice space setting which impacts on the conclusions; typos corrected; acknowledgement and reference added; to appear in Phys.Rev.Lett

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