Finite-temperature study of eight-flavor SU(3) gauge theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2019-08-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We present new lattice investigations of finite-temperature transitions for SU(3) gauge theory with Nf=8 light flavors. Using nHYP-smeared staggered fermions we are able to explore renormalized couplings on lattice volumes as large as . Finite-temperature transitions at non-zero fermion mass do not persist in the chiral limit, instead running into a strongly coupled lattice phase as the mass decreases. That is, finite-temperature studies with this lattice action require even larger to directly confirm spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking.
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@article{arxiv.1506.08791,
title = {Finite-temperature study of eight-flavor SU(3) gauge theory},
author = {David Schaich and Anna Hasenfratz and Enrico Rinaldi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.08791},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Contribution to the Sakata Memorial KMI Workshop on "Origin of Mass and Strong Coupling Gauge Theories" (SCGT15), 3--6 March 2015, Nagoya University