We present results for the spectrum of a strongly interacting SU(3) gauge
theory with $N_f = 8$ light fermions in the fundamental representation.
Carrying out non-perturbative lattice calculations at the lightest masses and
largest volumes considered to date, we confirm the existence of a remarkably
light singlet scalar particle. We explore the rich resonance spectrum of the
8-flavor theory in the context of the search for new physics beyond the
standard model at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Connecting our results to
models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking, we estimate the vector
resonance mass to be about 2 TeV with a width of roughly 450 GeV, and predict
additional resonances with masses below ~3 TeV.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures. Added report number. Version submitted to journa
We present numerical evidence that, in the planar limit, four-dimensional Euclidean Yang-Mills theory undergoes a phase transition on a finite symmetrical four-torus when the length of the sides l decreases to a critical value l c . For l > l c continuum reduction holds so that at leading order in N, there are no finite size effects in Wilson and Polyakov loops. This produces the exciting possibility of solving numerically for the meson sector of planar QCD at a cost substantially smaller than that of quenched SU(3).
Using quenched reduction, we propose a method for the numerical calculation of meson correlation functions in the planar limit of QCD. General features of the approach are outlined, and an example is given in the context of two-dimensional QCD.
We compute the low lying spectrum of the overlap Dirac operator in the deconfined phase of finite-temperature quenched gauge theory. It suggests the existence of a chiral condensate which we confirm with a direct stochastic estimate. We show that the part of the spectrum responsible for the chiral condensate can be understood as arising from a dilute gas of instantons and anti-instantons.
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