We present a major update on our investigations of SU(2) gauge theory with one Dirac flavor in the adjoint representation on the lattice. In particular we consider larger volumes, as well as four different values of the gauge coupling. We provide results for the spectrum including gluonic, fermionic, and hybrid observables, Polyakov loops, and the anomalous dimension of the fermionic condensate from the Dirac mode number. These data confirm that the theory is close to the lower boundary of the conformal window for adjoint fermions. Our investigations provide important insights regarding the realization of different infrared scenarios that have been conjectured for this theory.
@article{arxiv.2103.10485,
title = {Investigating the conformal behaviour of SU(2) with one adjoint Dirac flavor},
author = {Andreas Athenodorou and Ed Bennett and Georg Bergner and Biagio Lucini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.10485},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
19 pages, 10 figures. Version accepted for publication in PRD