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Wilson Action for the $O(N)$ Model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-02-01 v2 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

In this paper the fixed-point Wilson action for the critical O(N)O(N) model in D=4\epsD=4-\eps dimensions is written down in the \eps\eps expansion to order \eps2\eps^2. It is obtained by solving the fixed-point Polchinski Exact Renormalization Group equation (with anomalous dimension) in powers of \eps\eps. This is an example of a theory that has scale and conformal invariance despite having a finite UV cutoff. The energy-momentum tensor for this theory is also constructed (at zero momentum) to order \eps2\eps^2. This is done by solving the Ward-Takahashi identity for the fixed point action. It is verified that the trace of the energy-momentum tensor is proportional to the violation of scale invariance as given by the exact RG, i.e., the β\beta function. The vanishing of the trace at the fixed point ensures conformal invariance. Some examples of calculations of correlation functions are also given.

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@article{arxiv.2003.02773,
  title  = {Wilson Action for the $O(N)$ Model},
  author = {Semanti Dutta and B. Sathiapalan and H. Sonoda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02773},
  year   = {2022}
}

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38 pages, 2 figures

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