Frontiers of Lattice Fermions

Conditions for Symmetric Mass Generation in Lattice-QCD

Jun 30, 2026, 2:00 PM

1h

Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall (YITP, Kyoto University)

invited talk

Speaker

Cenke Xu (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Description

We first review the basic concept, necessary conditions, and well-known examples of symmetric mass generation. Then we will apply these general ideas to lattice-QCD, focusing on the staggered fermions. We also discuss the current status of the efforts of observing SMG in lattice-QCD.