A possible phase for adjoint QCD
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-11-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We discuss an exotic phase that adjoint QCD possibly exhibits in the deep infrared (IR). It is a confining phase, with a light spectrum consisting of massless composite fermions. The discrete chiral symmetry is broken, with unbroken continuous chiral symmetry. We argue that it may give a description of the IR of adjoint QCD with three massless Weyl flavors and that it passes all consistency checks known to us.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.11640,
title = {A possible phase for adjoint QCD},
author = {Erich Poppitz and Thomas A. Ryttov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.11640},
year = {2019}
}