Back to Search Start Over

The large charge limit of scalar field theories and the Wilson-Fisher fixed point at $\epsilon=0$

Authors :
Arias-Tamargo, G.
Rodriguez-Gomez, D.
Russo, J. G.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We study the sector of large charge operators $\phi^n$ ($\phi$ being the complexified scalar field) in the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher fixed point in $4-\epsilon$ dimensions that emerges when the coupling takes the critical value $g\sim \epsilon$. We show that, in the limit $g\to 0$, when the theory naively approaches the gaussian fixed point, the sector of operators with $n\to \infty $ at fixed $g\,n^2\equiv \lambda$ remains non-trivial. Surprisingly, one can compute the exact 2-point function and thereby the non-trivial anomalous dimension of the operator $\phi^n$ by a full resummation of Feynman diagrams. The same result can be reproduced from a saddle point approximation to the path integral, which partly explains the existence of the limit. Finally, we extend these results to the three-dimensional $O(2)$-symmetric theory with $(\bar{\phi}\,\phi)^3$ potential.<br />Comment: 14 pages

Subjects

Subjects :
High Energy Physics - Theory

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1908.11347
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)201