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Bootstrapping hypercubic and hypertetrahedral theories in three dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-06-13 v4 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

There are three generalizations of the Platonic solids that exist in all dimensions, namely the hypertetrahedron, the hypercube, and the hyperoctahedron, with the latter two being dual. Conformal field theories with the associated symmetry groups as global symmetries can be argued to exist in d=3d=3 spacetime dimensions if the ε=4d\varepsilon=4-d expansion is valid when ε1\varepsilon\to1. In this paper hypercubic and hypertetrahedral theories are studied with the non-perturbative numerical conformal bootstrap. In the N=3N=3 cubic case it is found that a bound with a kink is saturated by a solution with properties that cannot be reconciled with the ε\varepsilon expansion of the cubic theory. Possible implications for cubic magnets and structural phase transitions are discussed. For the hypertetrahedral theory evidence is found that the non-conformal window that is seen with the ε\varepsilon expansion exists in d=3d=3 as well, and a rough estimate of its extent is given.

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@article{arxiv.1801.07127,
  title  = {Bootstrapping hypercubic and hypertetrahedral theories in three dimensions},
  author = {Andreas Stergiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.07127},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

24 pages, 18 figures. v2: A reference added. v3: A couple of changes. v4: Expanded discussion on structural phase transitions, added some epsilon expansion results. Version to appear in JHEP

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