2001/12/21 by Maciej A. Nowak, Nowak, Maciej A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #cond-mat.dis-nn #hep-lat #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0112296
Lectures given at the Cargese Summer School, August 6-18, 2001
arxiv created 2001/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2001/12/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
I explain the concept that light quarks diffuse in the QCD vacuum following the spontaneous breakdown of chiral symmetry. I exploit the striking analogy to disordered electrons in metals, identifying, among others, the universal regime described by random matrix theory, diffusive regime described by chiral perturbation theory and the crossover between these two domains.