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Higher Spin vs. Renormalization Group Equations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-16 v2

Abstract

We present a variation of earlier attempts to relate renormalization group equations to higher spin equations. We work with a scalar field theory in 3 dimensions. In this case we show that the classical renormalization group equation is a variant of the Vasiliev higher spin equations with Kleinians on AdS4_4 for a certain subset of couplings. In the large N limit this equivalence extends to the quantum theory away from the conformal fixed points.

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@article{arxiv.1306.6654,
  title  = {Higher Spin vs. Renormalization Group Equations},
  author = {Ivo Sachs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6654},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

substantial revision, now includes manifestly higher spin symmetric treatment of non-linear RG-flows

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