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Title: A random matrix model for two-colour QCD at non-zero quark density
Author: Phillips, Michael James
ISNI:       0000 0004 2701 6352
Awarding Body: Brunel University
Current Institution: Brunel University
Date of Award: 2011
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Abstract:
We solve a random matrix ensemble called the chiral Ginibre orthogonal ensemble, or chGinOE. This non-Hermitian ensemble has applications to modelling particular low-energy limits of two-colour quantum chromo-dynamics (QCD). In particular, the matrices model the Dirac operator for quarks in the presence of a gluon gauge field of fixed topology, with an arbitrary number of flavours of virtual quarks and a non-zero quark chemical potential. We derive the joint probability density function (JPDF) of eigenvalues for this ensemble for finite matrix size N, which we then write in a factorised form. We then present two different methods for determining the correlation functions, resulting in compact expressions involving Pfaffians containing the associated kernel. We determine the microscopic large-N limits at strong and weak non-Hermiticity (required for physical applications) for both the real and complex eigenvalue densities. Various other properties of the ensemble are also investigated, including the skew-orthogonal polynomials and the fraction of eigenvalues that are real. A number of the techniques that we develop have more general applicability within random matrix theory, some of which we also explore in this thesis.
Supervisor: Akemann, G. ; Savin, D. V. Sponsor: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Qualification Name: Thesis (Ph.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.532025  DOI: Not available
Keywords: Chiral Ginibre orthogonal ensemble (chGinOE) ; Non-Hermitian ensemble ; Dirac operator ; Gluon gauge field ; Joint probability density function (JPDF)
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