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On critical models with $N\leq 4$ scalars in $d=4-\epsilon$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-11-16 v4 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We adopt a combination of analytical and numerical methods to study the renormalization group flow of the most general field theory with quartic interaction in d=4ϵd=4-\epsilon with N=3N=3 and N=4N=4 scalars. For N=3N=3, we find that it admits only three nondecomposable critical points: the Wilson-Fisher with O(3)O(3) symmetry, the cubic with H3=(Z2)3S3H_3=(\mathbb{Z}_2)^3\rtimes S_3 symmetry, and the biconical with O(2)×Z2O(2)\times \mathbb{Z}_2. For N=4N=4, our analysis reveals the existence of new nontrivial solutions with discrete symmetries and with up to three distinct field anomalous dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04077,
  title  = {On critical models with $N\leq 4$ scalars in $d=4-\epsilon$},
  author = {Alessandro Codello and Mahmoud Safari and Gian Paolo Vacca and Omar Zanusso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04077},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

7 pages; v2: improved discussion, to appear in PRD; v3: corrected symmetries of N=4 case in agreement with more recent results; v4: added references