1–5 Sept 2026
University of Sussex
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The Fate of Chiral Gauge Theory

2 Sept 2026, 14:40
20m
Large Lecture Theatre (Jubilee Building)

Large Lecture Theatre

Jubilee Building

Speaker

Hao-Lin Li (Sun Yat-Sen University)

Description

The infrared structure of gauge theories with chiral fermions remains largely unexplored. In this work we investigate the Bars-Yankielowicz class using the functional renormalisation group, building on recent developments in gauge-fermion systems that provide clear criteria for confinement and dynamical symmetry breaking. We show that two distinct phases arise: one exhibiting both confinement and symmetry breaking at small numbers of colours, and another characterised by confinement without symmetry breaking in the large-colour limit. The latter realises a novel regime, opening the possibility of exotic spectra and phenomena that can now be studied within a systematic framework.

Affiliation Sun Yat-Sen University
Link to paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19355
Career status Senior

Authors

Alvaro Pastor Gutierrez (RIKEN iTHEMS) Hao-Lin Li (Sun Yat-Sen University) Shahram Vatani (CP3 UCLouvain)

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