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Spontaneous breaking of finite group symmetries at all temperatures

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-06-22 v5

Abstract

We study conformal field theories with finite group symmetries with spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) phases that persist at all temperatures. We work with two λϕ4\lambda \phi^4 theories coupled through their mass terms. The two λϕ4\lambda \phi^4 theories are chosen to preserve either the cubic symmetry group or the tetrahedral symmetry group. A one-loop calculation in the 4ϵ4-\epsilon expansion shows that there exist infinitely many fixed points that can host an all temperature SSB phase. An analysis of the renormalization group (RG) stability matrix of these fixed points, reveals that their spectrum contains at least three relevant operators. In other words, these fixed points are tetracritical points.

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@article{arxiv.2205.13964,
  title  = {Spontaneous breaking of finite group symmetries at all temperatures},
  author = {Pedro Liendo and Junchen Rong and Haoyu Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.13964},
  year   = {2023}
}

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typos corrected