a-theorem at large Nf

Antipin, Oleg; Dondi, Nicola Andrea; Sannino, Francesco; Thomsen, Anders Eller (2019) a-theorem at large Nf. Physical review. D., 99 . ISSN 2470-0010

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Abstract

We determine the Jack and Osborn a-function and related metric for gauge-fermion theories to leading order in the large number of fermions and to all orders in the gauge coupling, demonstrating that the strong a-theorem is violated for the minimal choice of the a-function.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	C-theorem
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
Divisions:	Theoretical Physics Division
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Fizika teraskale na LHC-u i u svemiru-TsPhLC Oleg Antipin IP-2016-06-4418 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Oleg Antipin
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2020 08:14
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/6049
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.99.025004

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