On the U(1)-Problem of QED_2

Abstract

QED_2 with mass and flavor has in common many features with QCD, and thus is an interesting toy model relevant for four dimensional physics. The model is constructed using Euclidean path integrals and mass perturbation series. The vacuum functional is carefully decomposed into clustering states being the analogue of the theta-vacuum of QCD. Finally the clustering theory can be mapped onto a generalized Sine-Gordon model. Having at hand this bosonized version, several lessons on the theta-vacuum, the U(1)-problem and Witten-Veneziano-type formulas will be drawn. This sheds light on the corresponding structures of QCD.