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On $C_{J}$ and $C_{T}$ in Conformal QED

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-21 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

QED with a large number NN of massless fermionic degrees of freedom has a conformal phase in a range of space-time dimensions. We use a large NN diagrammatic approach to calculate the leading corrections to CTC_T, the coefficient of the two-point function of the stress-energy tensor, and CJC_J, the coefficient of the two-point function of the global symmetry current. We present explicit formulae as a function of dd and check them versus the expectations in 2 and 4ϵ4-\epsilon dimensions. Using our results in higher even dimensions we find a concise formula for CTC_T of the conformal Maxwell theory with higher derivative action Fμν(2)d22FμνF_{\mu \nu} (-\nabla^2)^{\frac{d}{2}-2} F^{\mu \nu}. In d=3d=3, QED has a topological symmetry current, and we calculate the correction to its two-point function coefficient, CJtopC^{\textrm{top}}_{J}. We also show that some RG flows involving QED in d=3d=3 obey CTUV>CTIRC_T^{\rm UV} > C_T^{\rm IR} and discuss possible implications of this inequality for the symmetry breaking at small values of NN.

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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

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