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Exact solution of matricial $\Phi^3_2$ quantum field theory

Mathematical Physics 2018-03-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We apply a recently developed method to exactly solve the Φ3\Phi^3 matrix model with covariance of a two-dimensional theory, also known as regularised Kontsevich model. Its correlation functions collectively describe graphs on a multi-punctured 2-sphere. We show how Ward-Takahashi identities and Schwinger-Dyson equations lead in a special large-N\mathcal{N} limit to integral equations that we solve exactly for all correlation functions. Remarkably, these functions are analytic in the Φ3\Phi^3 coupling constant, although bounds on individual graphs justify only Borel summability. The solved model arises from noncommutative field theory in a special limit of strong deformation parameter. The limit defines ordinary 2D Schwinger functions which, however, do not satisfy reflection positivity.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00526,
  title  = {Exact solution of matricial $\Phi^3_2$ quantum field theory},
  author = {Harald Grosse and Akifumi Sako and Raimar Wulkenhaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00526},
  year   = {2018}
}

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30 pages, LaTeX. v2: some formulae generalised to avoid duplication in arXiv:1612.07584

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