Toward Picard-Lefschetz Theory of Path Integrals and the Physics of Complex Saddles
2016-05-14
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Toward Picard-Lefschetz Theory of Path Integrals and the Physics of Complex Saddles
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2016-05-14
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We show that the semi-classical analysis of generic Euclidean path integrals necessarily requires complexification of the action and measure, and consideration of complex saddle solutions. We demonstrate that complex saddle points have a natural interpretation in terms of the Picard-Lefschetz theory. |In the supersymmetric theories, the inclusion of complex saddles is strictly necessary to prevent clash with the supersymmetry algebra. In calculable Yang-Mills theories, the non-perturbative stabilization of center-symmetry is due to complex saddles, called neutral bions.
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Unsal, Mithat. (2016). Toward Picard-Lefschetz Theory of Path Integrals and the Physics of Complex Saddles. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/180387.
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