On $C_{J}$ and $C_{T}$ in Conformal QED
Abstract
QED with a large number of massless fermionic degrees of freedom has a conformal phase in a range of space-time dimensions. We use a large diagrammatic approach to calculate the leading corrections to , the coefficient of the two-point function of the stress-energy tensor, and , the coefficient of the two-point function of the global symmetry current. We present explicit formulae as a function of and check them versus the expectations in 2 and dimensions. Using our results in higher even dimensions we find a concise formula for of the conformal Maxwell theory with higher derivative action . In , QED has a topological symmetry current, and we calculate the correction to its two-point function coefficient, . We also show that some RG flows involving QED in obey and discuss possible implications of this inequality for the symmetry breaking at small values of .
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@article{arxiv.1602.01076,
title = {On $C_{J}$ and $C_{T}$ in Conformal QED},
author = {Simone Giombi and Grigory Tarnopolsky and Igor R. Klebanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.01076},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
29 pages, 9 figures. v3: minor improvements, references added