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Using finite size scaling and histogram methods we obtain numerical results from lattice simulations indicating the logarithmic triviality of scalar quantum electrodynamics, even when the bare gauge coupling is chosen large. Simulations of…
We present global fits to the Two-Higgs-Doublet model, assuming a softly broken $Z_2$ symmetry of the types I and II and CP conservation in the scalar potential. We show how much the parameter space is constrained by the combination of the…
Effective Polyakov line actions are a powerful tool to study the finite temperature behaviour of lattice gauge theories. They are much simpler to simulate than the original lattice model and are affected by a milder sign problem, but it is…