Non-perturbative dynamics and compositeness at finite temperature

The project will study the dynamics of gauge theories with symplectic gauge group. The general aims are to predict the properties of the composite states of the theory, and to characterise the confinement phase transition, as a function of the temperature of the system. Alternative scenarios will be considered, in which the gauge theory is taken in isolation,

or in the presence of matter fields with different transformation properties in respect to the gauge group. Potential applications are mostly within fundamental physics, ranging from short distance characterisation of new physics models, to contemporary astroparticle phsyics (dark matter), to more speculative early-universe scenarios (gravitational wave backgrounds).