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The exact $C$-function in integrable $\lambda$-deformed theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-12-24 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

By employing CFT techniques, we show how to compute in the context of \lambda-deformations of current algebras and coset CFTs the exact in the deformation parameters C-function for a wide class of integrable theories that interpolate between a UV and an IR point. We explicitly consider RG flows for integrable deformations of left-right asymmetric current algebras and coset CFTs. In all cases, the derived exact C-functions obey all the properties asserted by Zamolodchikov's c-theorem in two-dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1805.03731,
  title  = {The exact $C$-function in integrable $\lambda$-deformed theories},
  author = {George Georgiou and Pantelis Panopoulos and Eftychia Sagkrioti and Konstantinos Sfetsos and Konstantinos Siampos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.03731},
  year   = {2019}
}

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