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Six-loop $\varepsilon$ expansion of three-dimensional $\text{U}(n)\times \text{U}(m)$ models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-03-02 v1

Abstract

We analyze the Landau-Wilson field theory with U(n)×U(m)\text{U}(n)\times\text{U}(m) symmetry which describes the finite-temperature phase transition in QCD in the limit of vanishing quark masses with n=m=Nfn=m=N_f flavors and unbroken anomaly at the critical temperature. The six-loop expansions of the renormalization group functions are calculated within the Minimal Subtraction scheme in 4ε4 - \varepsilon dimensions. The ε\varepsilon series for the upper marginal dimensionality n+(m,4ε)n^{+}(m,4-\varepsilon) -- the key quantity of the theory -- are obtained and resummed by means of different approaches. The numbers found are compared with their counterparts obtained earlier within lower perturbative orders and the pseudo-ε\varepsilon analysis of massive six-loop three-dimensional expansions. In particular, using an increase in the accuracy of numerical results for n+(m,3)n^{+}(m,3) by one order of magnitude, we strengthen the conclusions obtained within previous order in perturbation theory about fairness of the inequality n+(m,3)>mn^{+}(m,3)>m. This, in turn, indicates the absence of a stable three-dimensional fixed point for n=mn=m, and as a consequence a first-order kind of finite-temperature phase transition in light QCD.

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@article{arxiv.2104.12195,
  title  = {Six-loop $\varepsilon$ expansion of three-dimensional $\text{U}(n)\times \text{U}(m)$ models},
  author = {L. Ts. Adzhemyan and E. V. Ivanova and M. V. Kompaniets and A. Kudlis and A. I. Sokolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12195},
  year   = {2022}
}