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Title: The running coupling of the minimal sextet composite Higgs model

Abstract

We compute the renormalized running coupling of SU(3) gauge theory coupled to Nf = 2 flavors of massless Dirac fermions in the 2-index-symmetric (sextet) representation. This model is of particular interest as a minimal realization of the strongly interacting composite Higgs scenario. A recently proposed finite volume gradient flow scheme is used. The calculations are performed at several lattice spacings with two different implementations of the gradient flow allowing for a controlled continuum extrapolation and particular attention is paid to estimating the systematic uncertainties. For small values of the renormalized coupling our results for the β-function agree with perturbation theory. For moderate couplings we observe a downward deviation relative to the 2-loop β-function but in the coupling range where the continuum extrapolation is fully under control we do not observe an infrared fixed point. The explored range includes the locations of the zero of the 3-loop and the 4-loop β-functions in the $$\overline{MS}$$ scheme. The absence of a non-trivial zero in the β-function in the explored range of the coupling is consistent with our earlier findings based on hadronic observables, the chiral condensate and the GMOR relation. The present work is the first to report continuum non-perturbative results for the sextet model.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Univ. of Wuppertal (Germany). Dept. of Physics; Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany). Julich Supercomputing Center; Eotvos Univ., Budapest (Hungary). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  2. Univ. of the Pacific, Stockton, CA (United States); Bern Univ., Bern (Switzerland). Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  3. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  4. Eotvos Univ., Budapest (Hungary). Inst. for Theoretical Physics; MTA-ELTE Lendulet Lattice Gauge Theory Research Group, Budapest (Hungary)
  5. Eotvos Univ., Budapest (Hungary). Inst. for Theoretical Physics; MTA-ELTE Lendulet Lattice Gauge Theory Research Group, Budapest (Hungary); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Kavli Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  6. Univ. of Wuppertal (Germany). Dept. of Physics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG)
OSTI Identifier:
1454828
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0009919; NSF PHY11-25915; SFB-TR 55; 0704171; 0970137; 1318220; OTKA-NF-104034
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2015; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Higgs Physics; Beyond Standard Model; Lattice Gauge Field Theories

Citation Formats

Fodor, Zoltan, Holland, Kieran, Kuti, Julius, Mondal, Santanu, Nogradi, Daniel, and Wong, Chik Him. The running coupling of the minimal sextet composite Higgs model. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2015)039.
Fodor, Zoltan, Holland, Kieran, Kuti, Julius, Mondal, Santanu, Nogradi, Daniel, & Wong, Chik Him. The running coupling of the minimal sextet composite Higgs model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)039
Fodor, Zoltan, Holland, Kieran, Kuti, Julius, Mondal, Santanu, Nogradi, Daniel, and Wong, Chik Him. Tue . "The running coupling of the minimal sextet composite Higgs model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)039. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1454828.
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title = {The running coupling of the minimal sextet composite Higgs model},
author = {Fodor, Zoltan and Holland, Kieran and Kuti, Julius and Mondal, Santanu and Nogradi, Daniel and Wong, Chik Him},
abstractNote = {We compute the renormalized running coupling of SU(3) gauge theory coupled to Nf = 2 flavors of massless Dirac fermions in the 2-index-symmetric (sextet) representation. This model is of particular interest as a minimal realization of the strongly interacting composite Higgs scenario. A recently proposed finite volume gradient flow scheme is used. The calculations are performed at several lattice spacings with two different implementations of the gradient flow allowing for a controlled continuum extrapolation and particular attention is paid to estimating the systematic uncertainties. For small values of the renormalized coupling our results for the β-function agree with perturbation theory. For moderate couplings we observe a downward deviation relative to the 2-loop β-function but in the coupling range where the continuum extrapolation is fully under control we do not observe an infrared fixed point. The explored range includes the locations of the zero of the 3-loop and the 4-loop β-functions in the $\overline{MS}$ scheme. The absence of a non-trivial zero in the β-function in the explored range of the coupling is consistent with our earlier findings based on hadronic observables, the chiral condensate and the GMOR relation. The present work is the first to report continuum non-perturbative results for the sextet model.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP09(2015)039},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 9,
volume = 2015,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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