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Correlation functions in scalar field theory at large charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-02-13 v2

Abstract

We compute general higher-point functions in the sector of large charge operators ϕn\phi^n, ϕˉn\bar\phi^n at large charge in O(2)O(2) (ϕˉϕ)2(\bar \phi\phi)^2 theory. We find that there is a special class of "extremal" correlators having only one insertion of ϕˉn\bar \phi^n that have a remarkably simple form in the double-scaling limit nn\to \infty at fixed gn2λg\,n^2\equiv \lambda, where gϵg\sim\epsilon is the coupling at the O(2)O(2) Wilson-Fisher fixed point in 4ϵ4-\epsilon dimensions. In this limit, also non-extremal correlators can be computed. As an example, we give the complete formula for ϕ(x1)nϕ(x2)nϕˉ(x3)nϕˉ(x4)n \langle \phi(x_1)^{n}\,\phi(x_2)^{n}\,\bar{\phi}(x_3)^{n}\,\bar{\phi}(x_4)^{n}\rangle, which reveals an interesting structure.

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@article{arxiv.1912.01623,
  title  = {Correlation functions in scalar field theory at large charge},
  author = {Guillermo Arias-Tamargo and Diego Rodriguez-Gomez and Jorge G. Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.01623},
  year   = {2020}
}

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13 pages

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