TY - JOUR
T1 - A model of persistent breaking of continuous symmetry
AU - Chai, Noam
AU - Dymarsky, Anatoly
AU - Goykhman, Mikhail
AU - Sinha, Ritam
AU - Smolkin, Michael
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - We consider a UV-complete field-theoretic model in general dimensions, including d = 2 + 1, which consists of two copies of the long-range vector models, with O(m) and O(N − m) global symmetry groups, perturbed by double-trace operators. Using conformal perturbation theory we find weakly-coupled IR fixed points for N ≥ 6 that reveal a spontaneous breaking of global symmetry. Namely, at finite temperature the lower rank group is broken, with the pattern persisting at all temperatures due to scale-invariance. We provide evidence that the models in question are unitary and invariant under full conformal symmetry. Furthermore, we show that this model exhibits a continuous family of weakly interacting field theories at finite N.
AB - We consider a UV-complete field-theoretic model in general dimensions, including d = 2 + 1, which consists of two copies of the long-range vector models, with O(m) and O(N − m) global symmetry groups, perturbed by double-trace operators. Using conformal perturbation theory we find weakly-coupled IR fixed points for N ≥ 6 that reveal a spontaneous breaking of global symmetry. Namely, at finite temperature the lower rank group is broken, with the pattern persisting at all temperatures due to scale-invariance. We provide evidence that the models in question are unitary and invariant under full conformal symmetry. Furthermore, we show that this model exhibits a continuous family of weakly interacting field theories at finite N.
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U2 - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.6.181
DO - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.6.181
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135475164
SN - 2542-4653
VL - 12
JO - SciPost Physics
JF - SciPost Physics
IS - 6
M1 - A8
ER -