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We present an analytic approach to solving 1 + 1 dimensional QCD with an adjoint Majorana fermion. In the UV this theory is described by a trivial CFT containing free fermions. The quasi-primary operators of this CFT lead to a discrete basis of states which is useful for diagonalizing the Hamiltonian of the full strongly interacting theory. Working at large-N, we find that the decoupling of high scaling-dimension quasi-primary operators from the low-energy spectrum occurs exponentially fast in their scaling-dimension. This suggests a scheme, whereby, truncating the basis to operators of dimension below Δmax, one can calculate the low-energy spectrum, parametrically to an accuracy of e −Δmax (although the precise accuracy depends on the state). Choosing Δmax = 9.5 we find very good agreement with the known spectrum obtained earlier by numerical DLCQ methods. Specifically, below the first three-particle threshold, we are able to identify all six single-particle bound-states, as well as several two-particle thresholds.
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Katz, E., Tavares, G.M. & Xu, Y. Solving 2D QCD with an adjoint fermion analytically. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 143 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2014)143
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