The SU(3) gauge theory with fermions in the sextet representation is one of several theories of interest for technicolor models. We have carried out a Schrodinger functional (SF) calculation for the lattice theory with two flavors of Wilson fermions. We find that the discrete beta function changes sign when the SF renormalized coupling is in the neighborhood of g^2 = 2.0, showing a breakdown of the perturbative picture even though the coupling is weak. The most straightforward interpretation is an infrared-stable fixed point.
@article{arxiv.0809.2885,
title = {Nonperturbative infrared fixed point in sextet QCD},
author = {Benjamin Svetitsky and Yigal Shamir and Thomas DeGrand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2885},
year = {2010}
}
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7 pages, 4 figures, presented at Lattice 2008, Williamsburg, Virginia