Phase transitions in particle physics: Results and perspectives from lattice quantum chromo-dynamics

G Aarts, J Aichelin, C Allton, A Athenodorou… - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase transitions in a non-perturbative regime can be studied by ab initio Lattice Field
Theory methods. The status and future research directions for LFT investigations of Quantum …

Fundamental composite dynamics: A review

G Cacciapaglia, C Pica, F Sannino - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
We introduce fundamental gauge theories that can be employed to construct informed
composite bright and dark extensions of the Standard Model, within and beyond the …

Walking, Weak first-order transitions, and Complex CFTs

V Gorbenko, S Rychkov, B Zan - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We discuss walking behavior in gauge theories and weak first-order phase
transitions in statistical physics. Despite appearing in very different systems (QCD below the …

QCD with an infrared fixed point and a dilaton

R Zwicky - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Following previous work we further explore the possibility that the chirally broken phase of
gauge theories admits an infrared fixed point interpretation. The slope of the β function, β …

Supercool composite dark matter beyond 100 TeV

I Baldes, Y Gouttenoire, F Sala, G Servant - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract Dark Matter could be a composite state of a confining sector with an approximate
scale symmetry. We consider the case where the associated pseudo-Goldstone boson, the …

Improved information criteria for Bayesian model averaging in lattice field theory

ET Neil, JW Sitison - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Bayesian model averaging is a practical method for dealing with uncertainty due to model
specification. Use of this technique requires the estimation of model probability weights. In …

Lattice studies of the gauge theory with two fundamental and three antisymmetric Dirac fermions

E Bennett, DK Hong, H Hsiao, JW Lee, CJD Lin… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We consider the S p (4) gauge theory coupled to N f= 2 fundamental and nf= 3 antisymmetric
flavors of Dirac fermions in four dimensions. This theory serves as the microscopic origin for …

Spectrum of mesons in quenched gauge theories

E Bennett, J Holligan, DK Hong, JW Lee, CJD Lin… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We report the findings of our extensive study of the spectra of flavored mesons in lattice
gauge theories with symplectic gauge group and fermion matter content treated in the …

Symplectic lattice gauge theories in the grid framework: Approaching the conformal window

E Bennett, PA Boyle, L Del Debbio, N Forzano… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Symplectic gauge theories coupled to matter fields lead to symmetry enhancement
phenomena that have potential applications in such diverse contexts as composite Higgs …

QCD with an infrared fixed point: The pion sector

R Zwicky - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The possibility that gauge theories with chiral symmetry breaking below the conformal
window exhibit an infrared fixed point is explored. With this assumption three aspects of pion …