Chromomagnetic Instability and Gluonic Phase

We briefly report on a recent development in studies of a phase with vector condensates of gluons (gluonic phase) in dense two-flavor quark matter.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures; talk given at 2006 International Workshop SCGT06, Nagoya, Japan, November 21-24, 200

Reconsidering Composite Higgs Loop Effects in the Top Mode Standard Model

Composite Higgs loop effects in the top mode standard model are discussed by using the Miransky-Tanabashi-Yamawaki (MTY) approach based on the Schwinger-Dyson equation. The top mass is obtained as 179 GeV for the Planck scale cutoff (\Lambda \simeq 10^{19} GeV). This result is different from that of the Bardeen-Hill-Lindner (BHL) approach based on the renormalization group equation (RGE), with QCD plus Higgs loop effects included (m_t \simeq 205 GeV). Detailed comparison of the MTY approach with the BHL approach is made. We derive ``RGE'' from the Pagels-Stokar formula by considering the infrared mass as the ``renormalization point''. Then, it is found that the MTY approach including the composite Higgs loop effects is only partially equivalent to the BHL approach with QCD plus Higgs loop effects. The difference essentially results from the treatment of the composite Higgs propagator, or more precisely, of Z_H^{-1}. Our results can be summarized as m_t (Ours) \simeq 1/\sqrt{2} m_t (MTY), in contrast to m_t (BHL) \simeq \sqrt{2/3} m_t (MTY), where m_t (MTY) \simeq 250 GeV is the original MTY prediction without Higgs loop effects.Comment: 20 pages, PTPTeX, 5 EPS figures, 1 Table, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physic

Scalar Decay Constant and Yukawa Coupling in Walking Technicolor Models

Based on Refs.1 and 2, we study the couplings of the scalar bound state to the fermions and the weak bosons in walking gauge theories.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to KMI Inauguration Conference "Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe" (KMIIN), 24-26 Nov. 2011, KMI, Nagoya Universit