On the Anomalous Dimension in QCD

Abstract

The anomalous dimension γm=1 in the infrared region near the conformal edge in the broken phase of the large Nf QCD has been shown by the ladder Schwinger–Dyson equation and also by the lattice simulation for Nf=8 and for Nc=3. Recently, Zwicky made another independent argument (without referring to explicit dynamics) for the same result, γm=1, by comparing the pion matrix element of the trace of the energy-momentum tensor π(p2)|(1+γm)·∑i=1Nfmfψ¯iψi|π(p1)=π(p2)|θμμ|π(p1)=2Mπ2 (up to trace anomaly) with the estimate of π(p2)|2·∑i=1Nfmfψ¯iψi|π(p1)=2Mπ2 through the Feynman–Hellmann theorem combined with an assumption Mπ2∼mf characteristic of the broken phase. We show that this is not justified by the explicit evaluation of each matrix element based on the dilaton chiral perturbation theory (dChPT): π(p2)|2·∑i=1Nfmfψ¯iψi|π(p1)=2Mπ2+[(1−γm)Mπ2·2/(1+γm)]=2Mπ2·2/(1+γm)≠2Mπ2 in contradiction with his estimate, which is compared with π(p2)|(1+γm)·∑i=1Nfmfψ¯iψi|π(p1)=(1+γm)Mπ2+[(1−γm)Mπ2]=2Mπ2 (both up to trace anomaly), where the terms in [] are from the σ (pseudo-dilaton) pole contribution. Thus, there is no constraint on γm when the σ pole contribution is treated consistently for both. We further show that the Feynman–Hellmann theorem is applied to the inside of the conformal window where dChPT is invalid and the σ pole contribution is absent, and with Mπ2∼mf2/(1+γm) instead of Mπ2∼mf, we have the same result as ours in the broken phase. A further comment related to dChPT is made on the decay width of f0(500) to ππ for Nf=2. It is shown to be consistent with the reality, when f0(500) is regarded as a pseudo-NG boson with the non-perturbative trace anomaly dominance.