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Exact Strongly Coupled Fixed Point in $g\varphi^4$ Theory

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-07-28 v2

Abstract

We show explicitly how a strongly coupled fixed point can be constructed in scalar gφ4g\varphi^4 theory from the solutions to a non-linear eigenvalue problem. The fixed point exists only for d<4d< 4, is unstable and characterized by ν=2/d\nu=2/d (correlation length exponent), η=1/2d/8\eta=1/2-d/8 (anomalous dimension). For d=2d=2, these exponents reproduce to those of the Ising model which can be understood from the codimension of the critical point. At this fixed point, φ2i\varphi^{2i} terms with i>2i>2 are all irrelevant. The testable prediction of this fixed point is that the specific heat exponent vanishes. 2d critical Mott systems are well described by this new fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.1502.03094,
  title  = {Exact Strongly Coupled Fixed Point in $g\varphi^4$ Theory},
  author = {Anthony Hegg and Philip W. Phillips},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.03094},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

revised version of previous paper with a proof of the irrelevance of \varphi^6 and higher terms at fixed point

R2 v1 2026-06-22T08:27:04.848Z