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A non-chiral extension of the standard model with mirror fermions
The difficulties of defining chiral gauge theories non-perturbatively suggest
a vector-like extension of the standard model with three mirror fermion
families. Some phenomenological implications of such an extension are
discussed.Comment: latex, 6 pages, 1 figure with epsfig. Talk given at the workshop
"Beyond the Standard Model V", Balholm, Norway, May 199
Numerical simulation with light Wilson-quarks
The computational cost of numerical simulations of QCD with light dynamical
Wilson-quarks is estimated by determining the autocorrelation of various
quantities. In test runs the expected qualitative behaviour of the pion mass
and coupling at small quark masses is observed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of SEWM, Heidelberg,
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Chiral Fermions on the Lattice
A recently proposed method for regularizing chiral gauge theories
non-perturbatively is discussed in detail. The result is an effective action
which can be computed from the lattice gauge field, and which is suited for
numerical simulations.Comment: Talk given by G. Schierholz at Yukawa International Seminar on
Non-Perturbative QCD: Structure of the QCD Vacuum (YKIS97), Kyoto, December
1997; typos correcte
Confinement in Three Dimensions and the Electroweak Phase Transition
The infrared behaviour of the standard model at finite temperature is
determined by the confining phase of the SU(2)-Higgs model in three dimensions.
Due to the Landau singularity of the three-dimensional gauge theory the
perturbative treatment of the electroweak phase transition breaks down for
Higgs masses above a critical mass . Based on a renormalization group
improved effective potential we find 70 GeV. The scalar
self-coupling has a Landau-type singularity also in the abelian U(1)-Higgs
model, which leads to a breakdown of perturbation theory in the symmetric
phase.Comment: 9 pages, DESY-94-045, 4 figures can be obtained via e-mail from
[email protected]
Search for the QCD Ground State
Within the Euclidean effective action approach we propose criteria for the
ground state of QCD. Despite a nonvanishing field strength the ground state
should be invariant with respect to modified Poincar\'e transformations
consisting of a combination of translations and rotations with suitable gauge
transformations. We have found candidate states for QCD with four or more
colours. The formation of gluon condensates shows similarities with the Higgs
phenomenon.Comment: 17 pages, latex, DESY 94-081, HD-THEP-94-
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