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Random Bond perturbations of the $O(2)$ vector model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-15 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We investigate the impact of quenched disorder in the critical O(2)O(2) vector model. We first review, in the modern language of Conformal Perturbation Theory, the random temperature perturbation in 4ϵ4-\epsilon. Then, we present a direct computation in 3d3d. The pure CFT is now strongly interacting, and its CFT data are determined in recent numerical bootstrap studies. We then explore the anisotropic disorder associated with the lowest-dimension charge-22 scalar, which is relevant in 3d3d. This perturbation breaks locally O(2)O(2). However, the symmetry is restored in the IR in a weakly coupled new fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.2405.08072,
  title  = {Random Bond perturbations of the $O(2)$ vector model},
  author = {Maria Nocchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.08072},
  year   = {2024}
}

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8 pages

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