Event Dates:
Monday, September 26, 2016 - 4:00pm
CTQM Seminar Type:
- Related Seminar Series
Speaker Name(s):
Venkitesh Ayyar
Speaker Affiliation(s):
University of Colorado
Abstract, Event Details:
A class of lattice four-fermion models show an interesting phase diagram, with an exotic, strong paramagnetic phase (PMS phase) where fermions are massive without the formation of any bilinear condensates. Existence of a continuum limit of this phase would imply the existence of a new mechanism for fermion mass generation without spontaneous symmetry breaking. In this talk, I'll discuss our study of one such lattice model in which a continuum limit of this phase exists in (2+1)D.