Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

The generalization of the color gauge group SU (3) to SU (N c), with N c taking arbitrarily
large values, as had been proposed and developed by't Hooft, has allowed for a decisive …

JHEP02(2023)192 Page 1 JHEP02(2023)192 Published for SISSA by Springer Received:
November 1, 2022 Revised: December 1, 2022 Accepted: January 31, 2023 Published …

Volume independence in large N c gauge theories may be viewed as a generalized orbifold
equivalence. The reduction to zero volume (or Eguchi-Kawai reduction) is a special case of …

A bstract We discuss possible vacuum structures of SU (n)× SU (n) gauge theories with
bifundamental matters at finite θ angles. In order to give a precise constraint, a mixed't Hooft …

We consider QCD-like theories with one massless fermion in various representations of the
gauge group SU (N). The theories are formulated on R 3× S 1. In the decompactification limit …

A bstract We consider the 1/2 BPS circular Wilson loop in a generic\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 SU (N)
SYM theory with conformal matter content. We study its vacuum expectation value, both at …

We discuss the long-distance physics of 2D adjoint QCD when it is viewed as an effective
field theory and determine the β functions for its two classically marginal four-Fermi …

A bstract In this work we explore the possibility of spontaneous breaking of global
symmetries at all nonzero temperatures for conformal field theories (CFTs) in D= 4 space …

What distinguishes two asymptotically-free non-abelian gauge theories on R 4, one of which
is just below the conformal window boundary and confines, while the other is slightly above …