Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD

Abstract We construct a four-dimensional supersymmetric QCD in conformal window with a marginally relevant deformation which triggers the spontaneous breaking of (approximate) scale invariance and the subsequent confinement, generating a mass gap, at an energy scale hierarchically smaller than the P...

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Main Authors: Kohei Fujikura, Shota Nakagawa, Yuichiro Nakai, Peng Sun, Yufei Zhang
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)215
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description Abstract We construct a four-dimensional supersymmetric QCD in conformal window with a marginally relevant deformation which triggers the spontaneous breaking of (approximate) scale invariance and the subsequent confinement, generating a mass gap, at an energy scale hierarchically smaller than the Planck scale without fine-tuning. We analyze the finite temperature system and show that the phase transition associated with the breaking of conformal invariance is of the strong first order. When such a phase transition takes place at a temperature of the Universe around the electroweak scale, it generates a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background probed by future space-based interferometers, while a conformal phase transition in a dark sector at O 1 $$ \mathcal{O}(1) $$ GeV generates GWs to explain the reported pulsar timing array signal.
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spelling doaj-art-fab1e6d733fe4233abe514439ea50d342025-08-20T04:01:47ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025712710.1007/JHEP07(2025)215Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCDKohei Fujikura0Shota Nakagawa1Yuichiro Nakai2Peng Sun3Yufei Zhang4Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of TokyoTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityTsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityAbstract We construct a four-dimensional supersymmetric QCD in conformal window with a marginally relevant deformation which triggers the spontaneous breaking of (approximate) scale invariance and the subsequent confinement, generating a mass gap, at an energy scale hierarchically smaller than the Planck scale without fine-tuning. We analyze the finite temperature system and show that the phase transition associated with the breaking of conformal invariance is of the strong first order. When such a phase transition takes place at a temperature of the Universe around the electroweak scale, it generates a stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background probed by future space-based interferometers, while a conformal phase transition in a dark sector at O 1 $$ \mathcal{O}(1) $$ GeV generates GWs to explain the reported pulsar timing array signal.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)215Phase Transitions in the Early UniverseSupersymmetry
spellingShingle Kohei Fujikura
Shota Nakagawa
Yuichiro Nakai
Peng Sun
Yufei Zhang
Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
Journal of High Energy Physics
Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
Supersymmetry
title Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
title_full Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
title_fullStr Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
title_full_unstemmed Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
title_short Conformal phase transition in supersymmetric QCD
title_sort conformal phase transition in supersymmetric qcd
topic Phase Transitions in the Early Universe
Supersymmetry
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)215
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