Lattice gauge theories beyond QCD: higher representations

by Luigi Del Debbio (The University of Edinburgh)

Thursday 24 Apr 2008, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

We present recent results on lattice gauge theories with fermions in higher-dimensional representations of the gauge group. In particular we focus on numerical studies of quenched SU(N) at large N, and SU(2) with two flavours of dynamical fermions in two-index representations. We describe the generalization of the existing algorithms to handle arbitrary representations and discuss the scope of such simulations. We show preliminary results for the meson spectrum of these theories, and analyze their relevance for strongly-interacting dynamics beyond QCD.