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Banks-Zaks fixed point

Banks-Zaks fixed point noun: in quantum chromodynamics with massless flavours, where the number of flavours is sufficiently small (i.e. small enough to guarantee asymptotic freedom, depending on the number of colours), an interacting conformal fixed point of the renormalization group where the value of the coupling is less than one (i.e. one can perform perturbation theory in weak coupling).

Noun

Banks-Zaks fixed point (plural Banks-Zaks fixed points)

  1. (quantum chromodynamics) In quantum chromodynamics with massless flavours, where the number of flavours is sufficiently small (i.e. small enough to guarantee asymptotic freedom, depending on the number of colours), an interacting conformal fixed point of the renormalization group where the value of the coupling is less than one (i.e. one can perform perturbation theory in weak coupling).

Forms of Banks-Zaks fixed point

pluralBanks-Zaks fixed points

Origin of Banks-Zaks fixed point

First reported by William E. Caswell in 1974, and later used by Banks and Zaks in their analysis of the phase structure of vector-like gauge theories with massless fermions.

Questions about Banks-Zaks fixed point

What does Banks-Zaks fixed point mean?
Banks-Zaks fixed point means in quantum chromodynamics with massless flavours, where the number of flavours is sufficiently small (i.e. small enough to guarantee asymptotic freedom, depending on the number of colours), an interacting conformal fixed point of the renormalization group where the value of the coupling is less than one (i.e. one can perform perturbation theory in weak coupling).
What part of speech is Banks-Zaks fixed point?
Banks-Zaks fixed point is a noun.
What is the plural of Banks-Zaks fixed point?
The plural of Banks-Zaks fixed point is Banks-Zaks fixed points.

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