We review the current status of the long-term programme of numerical investigation of S p (2
N) gauge theories with and without fermionic matter content. We start by introducing the …

We compute the sphaleron rate in quenched quantum chromodynamics (QCD) for a
temperature T≃ 1.24 T c from the inversion of the Euclidean lattice time correlator of the …

A bstract We investigate, by means of numerical lattice simulations, the θ-dependence of the
critical deconfinement temperature of SU (N) gauge theories at large N: T c (θ)= T c (0)[1–Rθ …

Symplectic gauge theories coupled to matter fields lead to symmetry enhancement
phenomena that have potential applications in such diverse contexts as composite Higgs …

When studied at finite temperature, Yang-Mills theories in 3+ 1 dimensions display the
presence of confinement/deconfinement phase transitions, which are known to be of first …

In SU (N) gauge theories without dynamical quarks, we discuss how configurations with
fractional ZN magnetic charge also have fractional topological charge,∼ 1/N, and dominate …

At fine lattice spacings, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations of QCD and other gauge
theories with or without fermions are plagued by slow modes that give rise to large …

The first order transition between the confining and the center symmetry breaking phases of
the SU (3) Yang-Mills theory is marked by discontinuities in various thermodynamics …

Binder-cumulant analysis of the critical point in the heavy-quark region of QCD is performed
by Monte-Carlo simulations with the hopping-parameter expansion at N t= 6. We extend our …

First-order phase transitions in the early universe might produce a detectable background of
gravitational waves. As these phase transitions can be generated by new physics, it is …