Towards the phase structure of euclidean lattice gauge theories with fermions

Abstract

We propose the phase structure of abelian and non-abelian lattice gauge theories with fermions. We especially analyse Wilson's lattice action with euclidean discrete space-time. We mainly analyse 〈 ψ nψ n〉 as an order parameter for the fermion-gauge coupled system. The Wilson loop integral and plaquette-plaquette two-point function are also useful in working out abelian phase diagrams. We will discuss physical implications of the phase diagrams, especially for the mass spectrum in the lattice continuum limit and chiral symmetry breaking. The 1/ N expansion and a random walk idea are used in the formulation and play an important role in computing meson and baryon propagators in the strong coupling limit.