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Scalar-fermion models, such as the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model, admit natural $1d$ defects given by the exponential of a scalar field integrated along a straight line. In $4-\varepsilon$ dimensions the defect coupling is weakly relevant and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-29 Julien Barrat , Pedro Liendo , Philine van Vliet

Nuclear density functional theory (DFT) is the only microscopic, global approach to the structure of atomic nuclei. It is used in numerous applications, from determining the limits of stability to gaining a deep understanding of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-02-06 Nicolas Schunck , Jordan D. McDonnell , Jason Sarich , Stefan M. Wild , Dave Higdon

We revisit the space of gapped quantum field theories with a global O(N) symmetry in two spacetime dimensions. Previous works using S-matrix bootstrap revealed a rich space in which integrable theories such as the non-linear sigma model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-07 Lucia Cordova , Miguel Correia , Alessandro Georgoudis , Antoine Vuignier

Neural Network Field Theories (NN-FTs) represent a novel construction of arbitrary field theories, including those of conformal fields, through the specification of the network architecture and prior distribution for the network parameters.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-18 Pietro Capuozzo , Brandon Robinson , Benjamin Suzzoni

We investigate perturbatively tractable deformations of topological defects in two-dimensional conformal field theories. We perturbatively compute the change in the $g$-factor, the reflectivity, and the entanglement entropy of the conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-19 Enrico M. Brehm

We use the background field method to systematically derive CFT data for the critical $\phi^6$ vector model in three dimensions, and the Gross-Neveu model in dimensions $2\leq d \leq 4$. Specifically, we calculate the OPE coefficients and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-25 Mikhail Goykhman , Vladimir Rosenhaus , Michael Smolkin

We compute the two-point correlation functions of general quadratic operators in the high-temperature phase of the three-dimensional O(N) vector model by using field-theoretical methods. In particular, we study the small- and large-momentum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Pasquale Calabrese , Andrea Pelissetto , Ettore Vicari

We study mass deformations of certain three dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ Superconformal Field Theories (SCFTs) that have come to be called $T^\rho[G]$ theories. These are associated to tame defects of the six dimensional $(0,2)$ SCFT…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-11 Aswin Balasubramanian , Jacques Distler

Density functional theory (DFT) is an indispensable ab initio method in both quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics. Based on recent advancements in reduced density matrix functional theory (RDMFT), a variant of DFT that is believed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Chih-Chun Wang

We consider a free Maxwell field in four dimensions in the presence of a codimension two defect. Reflection positive, codimension two defects which preserve conformal symmetry in this context are very limited. We show only generalized free…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-14 Christopher P. Herzog , Abhay Shrestha

Starting from a general $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SCFT, we study the network of $\mathcal{N} = 1$ SCFTs obtained from relevant deformations by nilpotent mass parameters. We also study the case of flipper field deformations where the mass parameters…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-05 Fabio Apruzzi , Falk Hassler , Jonathan J. Heckman , Thomas B. Rochais

We generalize the idea of symmetry topological field theory (SymTFT) for subsystem symmetry. We propose the 2-foliated BF theory with level $N$ in $(3+1)$d as subsystem SymTFT for subsystem $\mathbb Z_N$ symmetry in $(2+1)$d. Focusing on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-10 Weiguang Cao , Qiang Jia

In this paper we will discuss the derivation of the so-called vanishing beta function curves which can be used to explore the fixed point structure of the theory under consideration. This can be applied to the O($N$) symmetric theories,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-18 P. Mati

We construct a generalization of the cyclic $\lambda$-deformed models of \cite{Georgiou:2017oly} by relaxing the requirement that all the WZW models should have the same level $k$. Our theories are integrable and flow from a single UV point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-11 George Georgiou , Georgios P. D. Pappas , Konstantinos Sfetsos

The freedom in choosing finite renormalizations in quantum field theories (QFT) is characterized by a set of parameters $\{c_i \}, i = 1 ..., n >...$, which specify the renormalization prescriptions used for the calculation of physical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-07 A. Peterman

Boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) provides a universal framework for critical phenomena in the presence of boundaries. We determine BCFT data for the normal and ordinary boundary universality classes of the $1+1$-dimensional boundaries…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-24 Jiechao Feng , Taige Wang

We formally extend the CFT techniques introduced in arXiv:1505.00963, to $\phi^{\frac{2d_0}{d_0-2}}$ theory in $d=d_0-\epsilon$ dimensions and use it to compute anomalous dimensions near $d_0=3, 4$ in a unified manner. We also do a similar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-23 Pallab Basu , Chethan Krishnan

$O(N)$ invariant vector models have been shown to possess non-trivial scaling large $N$ limits, at least perturbatively within the loop expansion, a property they share with matrix models of 2D quantum gravity. In contrast with matrix…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-20 J. Zinn-Justin

This talk is based on a recent paper$^{1}$ of ours. In an attempt to understand three-dimensional conformal field theories, we study in detail one such example --the large $N$ limit of the $O(N)$ non-linear sigma model at its non-trivial…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Guruswamy , S. G. Rajeev , P. Vitale

In this note we discuss the phase space of the O(2N) vector model in the presence of a quadratic and a quartic interaction by writing the large-N effective potential using large charge methods in dimensions 2<D<4 and 4<D<6. Based on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-09 Rafael Moser , Domenico Orlando , Susanne Reffert