Self-conjugate QCD

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2019)042MaRDI QIDQ2283379zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Mohamed M. Anber

Publication date 2 January 2020

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.10315

zbMATH Keywords

anomalies in field and string theoriesconfinementfield theories in lower dimensionsnonperturbative effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: We carry out a systematic study of $SU(6)$ Yang-Mills theory endowed with fermions in the adjoint and $3$-index antisymmetric mixed-representation. The fermion bilinear in the $3$-index antisymmetric representation vanishes identically, which leads to interesting new phenomena. We first study the theory on a small circle, i.e., on $mathbb{R}^{3}imesmathbb{S}_L^1$, employing symmetry-twisted boundary conditions and semi-classical techniques. We find that the ground state is $3$-fold degenerate, which can be explained as a consequence of a $1$-form/$0$-form mixed 't Hooft anomaly. In addition, the theory may admit massless bosonic and fermionic degrees of freedom, depending on the number of flavors, and confines the electric probes in the infrared. Empowered by 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions along with the $2$-loop $$-function, we further examine the possible infrared symmetry realizations on $mathbb{R}^4$ for various number of adjoint and $3$-index antisymmetric fermions. The infrared theory is either a conformal field theory, which is expected for a large number of flavors, or it is confining with or without chiral symmetry breaking. In a few cases, we are able to give enough evidence for adiabatic continuity between the small- and large-circle limits.

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