Can axial U(1) anomaly disappear at high temperature?

Abstract

In our recent study of two-flavor lattice QCD using chiral fermions, we find strong suppression of axial U(1) anomaly above the critical temperature of chiral phase transition. Our simulation data also indicate suppression of topological susceptibility. In this talk, we present both of our theoretical and numerical evidence for disappearance of axial U(1) anomaly, emphasizing the importance of controlling lattice chiral symmetry violation, which is enhanced at high temperature.

Comments: 11 pages, 5 figures, talk given at the 35th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, 18-24 June 2017, Granada, Spain, references added