Speaker
Description
Understanding the phase structure of strongly interacting gauge theories is essential for uncovering the mechanisms behind confinement and chiral symmetry breaking in QCD and for exploring the broader landscape of non-perturbative quantum field theories. In this talk, I will present recent functional renormalization group studies of QCD-like and chiral gauge theories. For QCD-like theories, I will discuss how the interplay between confinement and chiral symmetry breaking organizes the gauge–fermion landscape and determines the onset of conformal dynamics. For chiral gauge theories, I will present the first systematic map of their phase structure, revealing previously unknown regions characterized by distinct symmetry-breaking patterns and resonant four-fermion dynamics. These results provide new insights into strongly coupled chiral theories and establish a framework for studying non-perturbative dynamics beyond the Standard Model.