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Asymptotic freedom in certain $SO(N)$ and $SU(N)$ models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-10-04 v6 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We calculate the β\beta-functions for SO(N)SO(N) and SU(N)SU(N) gauge theories coupled to adjoint and fundamental scalar representations, correcting long-standing, previous results. We explore the constraints on NN resulting from requiring asymptotic freedom for all couplings. When we take into account the actual allowed behavior of the gauge coupling, the minimum value of NN in both cases turns out to be larger than realized in earlier treatments. We also show that in the large NN limit, both models have large regions of parameter space corresponding to total asymptotic freedom.

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@article{arxiv.1705.00751,
  title  = {Asymptotic freedom in certain $SO(N)$ and $SU(N)$ models},
  author = {Martin B Einhorn and D R Timothy Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.00751},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, no figures. v6: Minor nonsubstantive changes in text and formatting