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The critical O(N) CFT: Methods and conformal data

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-24 v4 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The critical O(N)O(N) CFT in spacetime dimensions 2<d<42 < d < 4 is one of the most important examples of a conformal field theory, with the Ising CFT at N=1N=1, 2d<42 \leq d < 4, as a notable special case. Apart from numerous physical applications, it serves frequently as a concrete testing ground for new approaches and techniques based on conformal symmetry. In the perturbative limits - the 4ε4-\varepsilon expansion, the large NN expansion and the 2+ϵ~2+\tilde\epsilon expansion - a lot of conformal data have been computed over the years. In this report, we give an overview of the critical O(N)O(N) CFT, including some methods to study it, and present a large collection of conformal data. The data, extracted from the literature and supplemented by many additional computations of order ε\varepsilon anomalous dimensions, are made available through an ancillary data file.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2201.09520,
  title  = {The critical O(N) CFT: Methods and conformal data},
  author = {Johan Henriksson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09520},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

88+13 pages, many tables, one ancillary data file. v2. Revised version, ancillary data file updated. v3. References updated, typos corrected. v4. Data file updated, typos corrected

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