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 +A Banks-Zaks fixed point is an IR-stable CFT describing long-distance behavior of QCD for certain parameters. The Lagrangian of QCD is
 +\[
 +\mathcal L=
 +\sum_a \bar\psi_a (i \gamma\partial - m_a ) \psi_a - \frac 1 4 F^2
 +\]
 +where color and spacetime indices have been suppressed. The flavor index $a$ runs over $N_f$ flavors of fermions. 
  
-Other theories can have Banks-Zaks fixed points, like SQCD.+This theory is asymptotically free (i.e., has a UV-stable fixed point) for $N_f < \frac {33} 2$. For $N_f$ just below that threshold, an IR-stable fixed point is visible in perturbation theory if the fermions are taken to be massless. This fixed point has been found to extend down at least to $N_f \sim 12$ in lattice studies.
  
  
 +Other theories can have Banks-Zaks fixed points, like SQCD.
  
-[[https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4752.pdf]] 
  
  
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 Here are some lattice studies: [[https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0609]], [[https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4662]]. Here are some lattice studies: [[https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0609]], [[https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4662]].
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 ===== External links ===== ===== External links =====
  
   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks%E2%80%93Zaks_fixed_point|Wikipedia]]   * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks%E2%80%93Zaks_fixed_point|Wikipedia]]
 +  * [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4752.pdf]]
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