SCGT Forum - Nick Evans



Summary of work on SU(3) gauge theory with Nf=16 fundamental quarks.

This theory has a Banks-Zaks IR fixed point with γ*=0.03 at 2-loop level (ie in the conformal window).

Lattice work has confirmed the likely existence of a fixed point at finite lattice spacing in:

  • Calculating the running coupling in strong electroweak models Zoltan Fodor, Kieran Holland, Julius Kuti, Daniel Nogradi, Chris Schroeder(Nov 2009) Published in: PoS LAT2009 (2009) 058; e-Print: 0911.2934 [hep-lat]