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Isotropic Lifshitz point in the O(N) Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-10-01 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The presence of an isotropic tricritical Lifshitz point for the O(N) scalar theory is investigated in the 1/N expansion by means of the Functional Renormalization Group equations. At leading order, the non-trivial Lifshitz point is observed if the number of dimensions d is taken between d=4 and d=8, and the eigenvalue spectrum of the associated eigendirections is derived. At order 1/N, the anomalous dimension eta_N is computed and it is found to vanish both in d=4 and d=8, while it turns out to be positive between these two values, although strongly dependent on the choice of infrared regulator.

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@article{arxiv.1703.00791,
  title  = {Isotropic Lifshitz point in the O(N) Theory},
  author = {Dario Zappala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.00791},
  year   = {2018}
}

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