Abstract
We discuss various differences in the instanton-based calculations of the β functions in theories such as Yang-Mills and CP(N-1) on one hand, and λφ4 theory with Symanzik's sign-reversed prescription for the coupling constant λ on the other hand. Although the aforementioned theories are asymptotically free, in the first two theories, instantons are topological, whereas the Fubini-Lipatov instanton in the third theory is topologically trivial. The spectral structure in the background of the Fubini-Lipatov instanton can be continuously deformed into that in the flat background, establishing a one-to-one correspondence between the two spectra. However, when considering topologically nontrivial backgrounds for Yang-Mills and CP(N-1) theories, the spectrum undergoes restructuring. In these cases, a mismatch between the spectra around the instanton and the trivial vacuum occurs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 105002 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| State | Published - Nov 15 2023 |
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