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Near-Conformal Dynamics at Large Charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We investigate four-dimensional near-conformal dynamics by means of the large-charge limit. We first introduce and justify the formalism in which near-conformal invariance is insured by adding a dilaton and then determine the large-charge spectrum of the theory. The dilaton can also be viewed as the radial mode of the EFT. We calculate the two-point functions of charged operators. We discover that the mass of the dilaton, parametrising the near-breaking of conformal invariance, induces a novel term that is logarithmic in the charge. One can therefore employ the large-charge limit to explore near-conformal dynamics and determine dilaton-related properties.

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@article{arxiv.1909.08642,
  title  = {Near-Conformal Dynamics at Large Charge},
  author = {Domenico Orlando and Susanne Reffert and Francesco Sannino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.08642},
  year   = {2020}
}
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