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Topological Charge Correlators, Spectral Bounds, and Contact Terms

H. Thacker, S. J. Dong, T. Draper, I. Horvath, F. X. Lee, K. -F. Liu, J. B. Zhang

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/0209089

Abstract

The structure of topological charge fluctuations in the QCD vacuum is strongly restricted by the spectral negativity of the Euclidean 2-point correlator for x≠ 0 and the presence of a positive contact term. Some examples are considered which illustrate the physical origin of these properties.

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