# YTF 20

Dec 15 – 16, 2020
Centre for Particle Theory, Durham
Europe/London timezone

## Sp(2N) gauge theories on the lattice.

Dec 15, 2020, 12:25 PM
5m
Teams (Centre for Particle Theory, Durham)

### Teams

#### Centre for Particle Theory, Durham

IPPP & Dept. Mathematical Sciences Durham University South Road Durham DH1 3LE

### Speaker

Jack Holligan (Swansea University)

### Description

Yang-Mills theories based on the Symplectic groups (denoted by $Sp(2N)$) have the potential to describe a composite Higgs particle. To gain a better understanding of such theories, it is important to understand the dynamics of the pure Yang-Mills sector as well as in the presence of fermions. A detailed study of the glueball spectrum has been carried out for $N=1,2,3$ and 4 along with an extrapolation to the large-$N$ limit. We begin a study of the meson spectrum as a logical continuation to these studies with a view to applying the results to composite Higgs models.

Length of talk 3-5 minutes Yes Yes No

### Primary author

Jack Holligan (Swansea University)