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Highly nonlinear wave solutions in a dual to the chiral model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-16 v3

Abstract

We consider a two-dimensional scalar field theory with a nilpotent current algebra, which is dual to the Principal Chiral Model. The quantum theory is renormalizable and not asymptotically free: the theory is strongly coupled at short distances (encountering a Landau pole). We suggest it can serve as a toy model for λϕ4\lambda\phi^{4} theory in four dimensions, just as the principal chiral model is a useful toy model for Yang-Mills theory. We find some classical wave solutions that survive the strong coupling limit and quantize them by the collective variable method. They describe excitations with an unusual dispersion relation ωk23\omega\propto|k|^{\frac{2}{3}} . Perhaps they are the "preons" at strong coupling, whose bound states form massless particles over long distances.

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@article{arxiv.1603.08256,
  title  = {Highly nonlinear wave solutions in a dual to the chiral model},
  author = {S. G. Rajeev and Evan Ranken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08256},
  year   = {2016}
}