https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817508012
Higgs compositeness in Sp(2N) gauge theories — Resymplecticisation, scale setting and topology
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Swansea Academy of Advanced Computing, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Extreme Physics Institute, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Department of Mathematics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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Department of Physics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
* Speaker, e-mail: e.j.bennett@swansea.ac.uk
Published online: 26 March 2018
As part of an ongoing programme to study Sp(2N) gauge theories as potential realisations of composite Higgs models, we consider the case of Sp(4) on the lattice, both as a pure gauge theory, and with two Dirac fermion flavors in the fundamental representation. In order to compare results between these two cases and maintain control of lattice artefacts, we make use of the gradient flow to set the scale of the simulations. We present some technical aspects of the simulations, including preliminary results for the scale setting in the two cases and results for the topological charge history.
Funded by the SupercomputingWales project, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via Welsh Government.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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