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Title: Nonperturbative β function of twelve-flavor SU(3) gauge theory

Abstract

We study the discrete β function of SU(3) gauge theory with N f = 12 massless fermions in the fundamental representation. Using an nHYP-smeared staggered lattice action and an improved gradient flow running coupling g ~ c 2 ( L ) we determine the continuum-extrapolated discrete β function up to g c 2 ≈ 8.2. We observe an IR fixed point at g * 2 = 7.3( -2 + 8 ) in the c = 8 t / L = 0.25 scheme, and g * 2 = 7.3( -3 + 6 ) with c = 0.3, combining statistical and systematic uncertainties in quadrature. The systematic effects we investigate include the stability of the (a/L) → 0 extrapolations, the interpolation of g ~ c 2 ( L ) as a function of the bare coupling, the improvement of the gradient flow running coupling, and the discretization of the energy density. In an appendix we observe that the resulting systematic errors increase dramatically upon combining smaller c ≲ 0.2 with smaller L ≤ 12, leading to an IR fixed point at g * 2 = 5.9(1.9) in the c = 0.2 scheme, which resolves to g * 2 = 6.9( -1 + 6 ) upon considering only L ≥ 16. At the IR fixed point we measure the leading irrelevant critical exponent to be γ g * = 0.26(2), comparable to perturbative estimates.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Syracuse Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Bern (Switzerland). AEC Inst. for Theoretical Physics
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Research Org.:
Syracuse Univ., NY (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1505130
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008669; SC0009998; SC0010005; CNS-0821794
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: 2018; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; lattice quantum field theory; renormalization group; technicolor and composite models

Citation Formats

Hasenfratz, Anna, and Schaich, David. Nonperturbative β function of twelve-flavor SU(3) gauge theory. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2018)132.
Hasenfratz, Anna, & Schaich, David. Nonperturbative β function of twelve-flavor SU(3) gauge theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2018)132
Hasenfratz, Anna, and Schaich, David. Wed . "Nonperturbative β function of twelve-flavor SU(3) gauge theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2018)132. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1505130.
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author = {Hasenfratz, Anna and Schaich, David},
abstractNote = {We study the discrete β function of SU(3) gauge theory with N f = 12 massless fermions in the fundamental representation. Using an nHYP-smeared staggered lattice action and an improved gradient flow running coupling g ~ c 2 ( L ) we determine the continuum-extrapolated discrete β function up to g c 2 ≈ 8.2. We observe an IR fixed point at g * 2 = 7.3( -2 + 8 ) in the c = 8 t / L = 0.25 scheme, and g * 2 = 7.3( -3 + 6 ) with c = 0.3, combining statistical and systematic uncertainties in quadrature. The systematic effects we investigate include the stability of the (a/L) → 0 extrapolations, the interpolation of g ~ c 2 ( L ) as a function of the bare coupling, the improvement of the gradient flow running coupling, and the discretization of the energy density. In an appendix we observe that the resulting systematic errors increase dramatically upon combining smaller c ≲ 0.2 with smaller L ≤ 12, leading to an IR fixed point at g * 2 = 5.9(1.9) in the c = 0.2 scheme, which resolves to g * 2 = 6.9( -1 + 6 ) upon considering only L ≥ 16. At the IR fixed point we measure the leading irrelevant critical exponent to be γ g * = 0.26(2), comparable to perturbative estimates.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep02(2018)132},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2018,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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