Chiral Transition of SU(4) Gauge Theory with Fermions in Multiple Representations

Venkitesh Ayyar, Thomas Degrand, Daniel C. Hackett, William I. Jay, Ethan T. Neil, Yigal Shamir, Benjamin Svetitsky

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Abstract

We report preliminary results on the finite temperature behavior of SU(4) gauge theory with dynamical quarks in both the fundamental and two-index antisymmetric representations. This system is a candidate to present scale separation behavior, where fermions in different representations condense at different temperature or coupling scales. Our simulations, however, reveal a single finite-temperature phase transition at which both representations deconfine and exhibit chiral restoration. It appears to be strongly first order. We compare our results to previous single-representation simulations. We also describe a Pisarski-Wilczek stability analysis, which suggests that the transition should be first order.

Original languageEnglish
Article number08026
JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume175
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Mar 2018
Event35th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Lattice 2017 - Granada, Spain
Duration: 18 Jun 201724 Jun 2017

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