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 …

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 …

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 …

Nonperturbative investigations of SU (3) gauge theory with eight dynamical flavors

T Appelquist, RC Brower, GT Fleming, A Gasbarro… - Physical Review D, 2019‏ - APS
We present our lattice studies of SU (3) gauge theory with N f= 8 degenerate fermions in the
fundamental representation. Using nHYP-smeared staggered fermions we study finite …

Mixing between flavor singlets in lattice gauge theories coupled to matter fields in multiple representations

E Bennett, N Forzano, DK Hong, H Hsiao, JW Lee… - Physical Review D, 2024‏ - APS
We provide the first extensive, numerical study of the nontrivial problem of mixing between
flavor-singlet composite states emerging in strongly coupled lattice field theories with matter …

Dilaton effective field theory

T Appelquist, J Ingoldby, M Piai - Universe, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
We review and extend recent studies of dilaton effective field theory (dEFT) that provide a
framework for the description of the Higgs boson as a composite structure. We first describe …