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Negative Coupling $\phi^4$ on the Lattice

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2023-10-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Triviality of ϕ4\phi^4 theory in four dimensions can be avoided if the bare coupling constant is negative in the UV. Theories with negative coupling can be put on the lattice if the integration domain for ϕ(x)\phi(x) is contour-deformed from the real to the complex domain. In 0+1d (quantum mechanics), one can recover results from PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric quantum mechanics in this way. In this work, I report on an attempt to put negative coupling ϕ4\phi^4 theory in 4 dimensions on the lattice.

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@article{arxiv.2310.03815,
  title  = {Negative Coupling $\phi^4$ on the Lattice},
  author = {Paul Romatschke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.03815},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures, comments/criticism welcome

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