Fermion masses through four-fermion condensates

Ayyar, Venkitesh and Chandrasekharan, Shailesh (2016) Fermion masses through four-fermion condensates. In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (10).

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Abstract

Fermion masses can be generated through four-fermion condensates when symmetries prevent fermion bilinear condensates from forming. This less explored mechanism of fermion mass generation is responsible for making four reduced staggered lattice fermions massive at strong couplings in a lattice model with a local four-fermion coupling. The model has a massless fermion phase at weak couplings and a massive fermion phase at strong couplings. In particular there is no spontaneous symmetry breaking of any lattice symmetries in both these phases. Recently it was discovered that in three space-time dimensions there is a direct second order phase transition between the two phases. Here we study the same model in four space-time dimensions and find results consistent with the existence of a narrow intermediate phase with fermion bilinear condensates, that separates the two asymptotic phases by continuous phase transitions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2016 05:04
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2016 05:04
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/55473

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