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We review the development of the large $N$ method, where $N$ indicates the number of flavours, used to study perturbative and nonperturbative properties of quantum field theories. The relevant historical background is summarized as a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 J. A. Gracey

We propose a method to give a $d+1$ geometry from a $d$ dimensional quantum field theory in the large N expansion. We first construct a $d+1$ dimensional field from the $d$ dimensional one using the gradient flow equation, whose flow time…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-06-27 Sinya Aoki , Kengo Kikuchi , Tetsuya Onogi

The partition function of a two-dimensional quantum gauge theory in the large-$N$ limit is expressed as the functional integral over some scalar field. The large-$N$ saddle point equation is presented and solved. The free energy is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 B. Rusakov

This paper describes perturbative framework, on the basis of closed-time-path formalism, for studying quasiuniform relativistic quantum field systems near equilibrium and nonequilibrium quasistationary systems. At the first part, starting…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Niégawa

This article studies large $N$ limits of a coupled system of $N$ interacting $\Phi^4$ equations posed over $\mathbb{T}^{d}$ for $d=2$, known as the $O(N)$ linear sigma model. Uniform in $N$ bounds on the dynamics are established, allowing…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Hao Shen , Scott Smith , Rongchan Zhu , Xiangchan Zhu

Effective Lagrangians containing arbitrary interactions of massive vector fields are quantized within the Hamiltonian path integral formalism. It is proven that correct Hamiltonian quantization of these models yields the same result as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-22 Carsten Grosse-Knetter

Driving quantum materials with coherent light has proven a powerful platform to realize a plethora of interesting phases and transitions, ranging from ferroelectricity to superconductivity and limit cycles in pumped magnonics. In this paper…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-24 Carl Philipp Zelle , Romain Daviet , Andrew J. Millis , Sebastian Diehl

We propose that the euclidean bilocal collective field theory of critical large-N vector models provides a complete definition of the proposed dual theory of higher spin fields in anti de-Sitter spaces. We show how this bilocal field can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Sumit R. Das , Antal Jevicki

These notes deal with the mean-field approximation for equilibrium states of N-body systems in classical and quantum statistical mechanics. A general strategy for the justification of effective models based on statistical independence…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-19 Nicolas Rougerie

We study the the large-$n$ dynamics of the long-range quantum $O(n)$ model, focusing on the strong long-range regime $\alpha<d$. The dynamics of the model exhibits non-trivial features on mesoscopic timescales $t\sim\ln N$, due to the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-18 Guido Giachetti , Nicolo Defenu

We discuss several examples of three-dimensional critical phenomena that can be described by Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson $\phi^4$ theories. We present an overview of field-theoretical results obtained from the analysis of high-order perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Pasquale Calabrese , Andrea Pelissetto , Paolo Rossi , Ettore Vicari

We analyze the real-time dynamics of the large $N$ vector model, focusing on heavy states with energies of the order $N$. In this regime, we demonstrate that interactions become sufficiently strong to produce non-zero condensate of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-05 Fedor K. Popov

We consider an effective kinetic description for quantum many-body systems, which is not based on a weak-coupling or diluteness expansion. Instead, it employs an expansion in the number of field components N of the underlying scalar quantum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-28 R. Walz , K. Boguslavski , J. Berges

We study the three dimensional O(N) invariant bosonic vector model with a $\frac{\lambda}{N}(\phi^{a}\phi^{a})^{2}$ interaction at its infrared fixed point, using a bilocal field approach and in an $1/N$ expansion. We identify a (negative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-05 Mbavhalelo Mulokwe , João P. Rodrigues

It is argued that the massive non-Abelian gauge field theory without involving Higgs bosons may be well established on the basis of gauge-invariance principle because the dynamics of the field is gauge-invariant in the physical space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jun-Chen Su

The multicritical points of the $O(N)$ invariant $N$ vector model in the large $N$ limit are reexamined. Of particular interest are the subtleties involved in the stability of the phase structure at critical dimensions. In the limit $N \to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Eyal , M. Moshe , S. Nishigaki , J. Zinn-Justin

In the large N limit, conditions for the conformal invariance of the generalized Thirring model are derived, using two different approaches: the background field method and the Hamiltonian method based on an operator algebra, and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Korkut Bardakci , Luis M. Bernardo

We study the critical properties of scalar field theories in $d+1$ dimensions with $O(N)$ invariant interactions localized on a $d$-dimensional boundary. By a combination of large $N$ and epsilon expansions, we provide evidence for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-29 Simone Giombi , Himanshu Khanchandani

Various topics related to the $O(N)$ model in one spacetime dimension (i.e. ordinary quantum mechanics) are considered. The focus is on a pedagogical presentation of quantum field theory methods in a simpler context where many exact results…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-22 Daniel Schubring

We develop a path-integral formalism to study the formation of large-scale structures in the universe. Starting from the equations of motion of hydrodynamics (single-stream approximation) we derive the action which describes the statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Patrick Valageas