Makeenko-Migdal equations for lattice Yang-Mills-Higgs

Abstract

We derive a form of master loop equations for the lattice Yang-Mills-Higgs theory with structure group $SO(N)$, $U(N)$ or $SU(N)$. Compared to the pure Yang-Mills setting, several new operations arise. In fact, to obtain a closed recursion we must broaden the class of observables to include open Wilson lines. Our approach is based on the conditional Langevin dynamic and yields a concise proof via It\^o's formula.