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$Sp(2N)$ Yang-Mills towards large $N$

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2019-12-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Non-perturbative aspects of the physics of Sp(2N)Sp(2N) gauge theories are interesting for phenomenological and theoretical reasons, and little studied so far, particularly in the approach to the large-NN limit. We examine the spectrum of glueballs and the string tension of Yang-Mills theories based upon these groups. Glueball masses are calculated numerically with a variational method from Monte-Carlo generated lattice gauge configurations. After taking continuum limits for NN = 1, 2, 3 and 4, we extrapolate the results towards large NN. We compare the resulting spectrum with that of SU(N)SU(N) gauge theories, both at finite NN and as NN approaches infinity.

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@article{arxiv.1912.09788,
  title  = {$Sp(2N)$ Yang-Mills towards large $N$},
  author = {Jack Holligan and Ed Bennett and Deog Ki Hong and Jong-Wan Lee and C. -J. David Lin and Biagio Lucini and Maurizio Piai and Davide Vadacchino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.09788},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

1+6 pages. 2 figures. Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory - Lattice 2019, Wuhan (China) V2: typo in list of authors has been corrected

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