Jul 24 – 30, 2016
Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
Europe/London timezone

Approaching the conformal window in SU(2) field theory: a systematic study of the spectrum for Nf=2,4,6, and 8.

Jul 26, 2016, 8:00 PM
1h
Highfield Campus, University of Southampton

Highfield Campus, University of Southampton

Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Poster Physics Beyond the Standard Model Poster

Speaker

Sara Tähtinen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics)

Description

It is expected that SU(2) gauge theory with Nf fundamental fermions has an infrared fixed point when Nf is between ∼ 6 and 10. We study the hadron spectrum and scale setting in SU(2) gauge field theory with Nf = 2,4,6,8 using hypercubic stout smeared Wilson-clover (HEX) action. The case Nf = 2 is QCD-like, Nf = 6 is close to the lower edge of the conformal window, and Nf=8 is inside the conformal window. We study the hadron spectrum and decay constants of these theories, and use the gradient flow approach to determine the length scales.

Primary author

Sara Tähtinen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics)

Co-authors

Alessandro Amato (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics) Joni Suorsa (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics) Kari Rummukainen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics) Kimmo Tuominen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics) Teemu Rantalaiho (University of Helsinki)

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