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The $\beta$-function for Yukawa theory at large $N_f$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-09-13 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We compute the β\beta-function for a massless Yukawa theory in a closed form at the order O(1/Nf)\mathcal{O}(1/N_f) in the spirit of the expansion in a large number of flavours NfN_f. We find an analytic expression with a finite radius of convergence, and the first singularity occurs at the coupling value K=5K=5.

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@article{arxiv.1806.06954,
  title  = {The $\beta$-function for Yukawa theory at large $N_f$},
  author = {Tommi Alanne and Simone Blasi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.06954},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 figures. v3 error in the computation of the n-loop scalar self-energy corrected. The first singularity occurs at $K=5$, qualitatively the analysis is unchanged

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