Study on the nonperturbative existence of Yang-Mills theories with large extra dimensions

Shinji Ejiri, Jisuke Kubo, Michika Murata
2000 Physical Review D, Particles and fields  
Pure lattice SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in five dimensions is considered, where an extra dimension is compactified on a circle. Monte-Carlo simulations indicate that the theory possesses a continuum limit with a non-vanishing string tension if the compactification radius is smaller than a certain value R_M which is O(1/10) of the inverse of the square root of the string tension. We verify non-perturbatively the power-law running of gauge coupling constant. Our method can be applied to the
more » ... tion of continuum limits in other higher-dimensional gauge theories.
doi:10.1103/physrevd.62.105025 fatcat:23maiowp3jb2zcv33x2q6jxpqm