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PT breaking and RG flows between multicritical Yang-Lee fixed points

Statistical Mechanics 2023-09-06 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study a novel class of Renormalization Group flows which connect multicritical versions of the two-dimensional Yang-Lee edge singularity described by the conformal minimal models M(2,2n+3). The absence in these models of an order parameter implies that the flows towards and between Lee-Yang edge singularities are all related to the spontaneous breaking of PT symmetry and comprise a pattern of flows in the space of PT symmetric theories consistent with the c-theorem and the counting of relevant directions. Additionally, we find that while in a part of the phase diagram the domains of unbroken and broken PT symmetry are separated by critical manifolds of class M(2,2n+3), other parts of the boundary between the two domains are not critical.

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@article{arxiv.2304.08522,
  title  = {PT breaking and RG flows between multicritical Yang-Lee fixed points},
  author = {Máté Lencsés and Alessio Miscioscia and Giuseppe Mussardo and Gábor Takács},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.08522},
  year   = {2023}
}

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15 pages

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