Root-$T \overline{T}$ Deformations in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2022-11-23 v4 Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Abstract
In this letter we introduce a one-parameter deformation of two-dimensional quantum field theories generated by a non-analytic operator which we call Root-. For a conformal field theory, the operator coincides with the square-root of the operator. More generally, the operator is defined so that classically it is marginal and generates a flow which commutes with the -flow. Intriguingly, the Root- flow is closely related to the ModMax theory recently constructed by Bandos, Lechner, Sorokin and Townsend.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2206.10515,
title = {Root-$T \overline{T}$ Deformations in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theories},
author = {Christian Ferko and Alessandro Sfondrini and Liam Smith and Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.10515},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
6 pages; LaTeX; references and note added