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We present our lattice studies of SU(3) gauge theory with $N_f$ = 8 degenerate fermions in the fundamental representation. Using nHYP-smeared staggered fermions we study finite-temperature transitions on lattice volumes as large as $L^3…

We report extended simulation results and their new analysis in two important gauge theories with twelve fermion flavors in the fundamental SU(3) color representation and two fermions in the sextet representation. We probe the $N_f=12$…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2012-05-10 Zoltan Fodor , Kieran Holland , Julius Kuti , Daniel Nogradi , Chris Schroeder , Chik Him Wong

We study an SU(3) gauge theory with Nf=8 degenerate flavors of light fermions in the fundamental representation. Using the domain wall fermion formulation, we investigate the light hadron spectrum, chiral condensate and electroweak S…

We investigate the eigenmodes of the massless Dirac operator to extract the scale-dependent fermion mass anomalous dimension gamma_m(mu). By combining simulations on multiple lattice volumes, and when possible several gauge couplings, we…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2013-07-16 Anqi Cheng , Anna Hasenfratz , Gregory Petropoulos , David Schaich

SU(3) gauge theory with $N_f$ fermions in the fundamental representation serves as a theoretical testing ground for possible infrared conformal behavior, which could play a role in BSM composite Higgs models. We use lattice simulations to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-12-11 Zoltan Fodor , Kieran Holland , Julius Kuti , Daniel Nogradi , Chik Him Wong

In this work we present the results of our investigation of \su{2} gauge theory with two Dirac fermions in the adjoint representation (aQCD2), which belongs to the class of strongly interacting gauge theories that are of basic interest for…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-09-13 Georg Bergner , Pietro Giudice , Istvan Montvay , Gernot Münster , Stefano Piemonte

We consider an asymptotically free vectorial SU($N_c$) gauge theory with $N_f$ massless fermions in a representation $R$, having an infrared fixed point (IRFP) of the renormalization group at $\alpha_{IR}$ in the conformal non-Abelian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-19 Thomas A. Ryttov , Robert Shrock

We numerically study the SU(2) gauge theory with two dynamical flavors of the domain-wall fermions in fundamental representation. The meson spectra and the residual mass are measured on three lattice volumes and at two values of gauge…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-01-28 Hideo Matsufuru , Yoshio Kikukawa , Kei-ichi Nagai , Norikazu Yamada

We consider a vectorial, asymptotically free SU($N_c$) gauge theory with $N_f$ fermions in a representation $R$ having an infrared (IR) fixed point. We calculate and analyze Pad\'e approximants to scheme-independent series expansions for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Thomas A. Ryttov , Robert Shrock

We measure the evolution of the coupling constant using the Schroedinger functional method in the lattice formulation of SU(2) gauge theory with two massless Dirac fermions in the adjoint representation. We observe strong evidence for an…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2013-05-29 Ari J. Hietanen , Kari Rummukainen , Kimmo Tuominen

We summarize our recent work on gauge theories with two flavors of fermions in the two-index symmetric representation: SU(2) gauge theory with adjoint fermions, SU(3) with sextets, and SU(4) with ten-dimensional-representation fermions. All…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2011-11-02 Thomas DeGrand , Yigal Shamir , Benjamin Svetitsky

We study the conformal window of asymptotically free gauge theories containing $N_f$ flavors of fermion matter transforming to the vector and two-index representations of $SO(N),~SU(N)$ and $Sp(2N)$ gauge groups. For $SO(N)$ we also…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-14 Jong-Wan Lee

We report the results of an extensive numerical study of the $Sp(4)$ lattice gauge theory with three (Dirac) flavors of fermion in the two-index antisymmetric representation. In the presence of (degenerate) fermion masses, the theory has an…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-03-05 Ed Bennett , Deog Ki Hong , Ho Hsiao , Jong-Wan Lee , C. -J. David Lin , Biagio Lucini , Maurizio Piai , Davide Vadacchino

We present a study of spectroscopy of SU(4) lattice gauge theory coupled to two flavors of Dirac fermions in the anti-symmetric two index representation. The fermion representation is real, and the pattern of chiral symmetry breaking is…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-11-22 Thomas DeGrand , Yuzhi Liu , Ethan T. Neil , Yigal Shamir , Benjamin Svetitsky

The chiral fermion model with local multifermion interactions proposed in Nucl. Phys. B486 (1997) 282 and Phys. Rev. D61 (2000) 054502 processes an exact SU_L(2) chiral gauge symmetry and SU_L(2) by U_R(1) chiral flavour symmetry on a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 She-Sheng Xue

After some introductory comments on the peculiar features of slowly running theories, I will report results obtained using the Schrodinger functional technique for two gauge theories that are believed to lie near the bottom of the conformal…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2013-10-10 Thomas DeGrand , Yigal Shamir , Benjamin Svetitsky

We study four-dimensional conformal field theories with an $SU(N)$ global symmetry by employing the numerical conformal bootstrap. We consider the crossing relation associated with a four-point function of a spin~$0$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-21 Hisashi Iha , Hiroki Makino , Hiroshi Suzuki

We review our recent results on the infrared behaviour of the SU(2) gauge theory with $N_f$ massless fundamental flavour fermions. We have analyzed the running of the coupling in SU(2) gauge theories with six and eight fermionic flavours…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-12-03 Viljami Leino , Kari Rummukainen , Joni M. Suorsa , Kimmo Tuominen , Sara Tähtinen

We present our preliminary study of the SU(2) gauge theory with 8 flavors of fermions in fundamental representation. This theory could be a candidate of the gauge theory with conformal fixed point. By using Wilson/Polyakov loop in a finite…

We have measured the running coupling constant of SU(3) gauge theory coupled to Nf=2 flavors of symmetric representation fermions, using the Schrodinger functional scheme. Our lattice action is defined with hypercubic smeared links which,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-11-21 Thomas DeGrand , Yigal Shamir , Benjamin Svetitsky