scholarly journals Three-dimensional phase transitions in multiflavor lattice scalar SO(Nc) gauge theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Bonati ◽  
Andrea Pelissetto ◽  
Ettore Vicari
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional

STUDY OF Z(N) GAUGE THEORIES ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PSEUDORANDOM LATTICE

1988 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 1499-1518
Author(s):  
D. PERTERMANN ◽  
J. RANFT
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Lattice Gauge Theory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Expectation Values ◽  
First Order ◽  
Gauge Models ◽  
Lattice Gauge

Using the simplicial pseudorandom version of lattice gauge theory we study simple Z(n) gauge models in D=3 dimensions. In this formulation it is possible to interpolate continuously between a regular simplicial lattice and a pseudorandom lattice. Calculating average plaquette expectation values we look for the phase transitions of the Z(n) gauge models with n=2 and 3. We find all the phase transitions to be of first order, also in the case of the Z(2) model. The critical couplings increase with the irregularity of the lattice.

scholarly journals Crystal–liquid phase transitions in three-dimensional complex plasma under microgravity conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 946 ◽  
pp. 012144 ◽  
Author(s):  
V N Naumkin ◽  
A M Lipaev ◽  
V I Molotkov ◽  
D I Zhukhovitskii ◽  
A D Usachev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Complex Plasma ◽  
Microgravity Conditions

scholarly journals Wilson loop algebras and quantum K-theory for Grassmannians

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Jockers ◽  
Peter Mayr ◽  
Urmi Ninad ◽  
Alexander Tabler
Keyword(s):  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Quantum Cohomology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Loop Algebra ◽  
Loop Algebras ◽  
Verlinde Algebra ◽  
K Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We study the algebra of Wilson line operators in three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 supersymmetric U(M ) gauge theories with a Higgs phase related to a complex Grassmannian Gr(M, N ), and its connection to K-theoretic Gromov-Witten invariants for Gr(M, N ). For different Chern-Simons levels, the Wilson loop algebra realizes either the quantum cohomology of Gr(M, N ), isomorphic to the Verlinde algebra for U(M ), or the quantum K-theoretic ring of Schubert structure sheaves studied by mathematicians, or closely related algebras.

scholarly journals Symmetry breaking at high temperatures in large N gauge theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumyadeep Chaudhuri ◽  
Eliezer Rabinovici
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Temperature Limit ◽  
Spontaneous Breaking ◽  
Critical Temperatures ◽  
Weakly Coupled

Abstract Considering marginally relevant and relevant deformations of the weakly coupled (3 + 1)-dimensional large N conformal gauge theories introduced in [1], we study the patterns of phase transitions in these systems that lead to a symmetry-broken phase in the high temperature limit. These deformations involve only the scalar fields in the models. The marginally relevant deformations are obtained by varying certain double trace quartic couplings between the scalar fields. The relevant deformations, on the other hand, are obtained by adding masses to the scalar fields while keeping all the couplings frozen at their fixed point values. At the N → ∞ limit, the RG flows triggered by these deformations approach the aforementioned weakly coupled CFTs in the UV regime. These UV fixed points lie on a conformal manifold with the shape of a circle in the space of couplings. As shown in [1], in certain parameter regimes a subset of points on this manifold exhibits thermal order characterized by the spontaneous breaking of a global ℤ2 or U(1) symmetry and Higgsing of a subset of gauge bosons at all nonzero temperatures. We show that the RG flows triggered by the marginally relevant deformations lead to a weakly coupled IR fixed point which lacks the thermal order. Thus, the systems defined by these RG flows undergo a transition from a disordered phase at low temperatures to an ordered phase at high temperatures. This provides examples of both inverse symmetry breaking and symmetry nonrestoration. For the relevant deformations, we demonstrate that a variety of phase transitions are possible depending on the signs and magnitudes of the squares of the masses added to the scalar fields. Using thermal perturbation theory, we derive the approximate values of the critical temperatures for all these phase transitions. All the results are obtained at the N → ∞ limit. Most of them are found in a reliable weak coupling regime and for others we present qualitative arguments.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional 𝒩 = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories and partition functions on Seifert manifolds: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (23) ◽  
pp. 1930011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril Closset ◽  
Heeyeon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Exact Results ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Seifert Manifolds ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Chern Simons

We give a pedagogical introduction to the study of supersymmetric partition functions of 3D [Formula: see text] supersymmetric Chern–Simons-matter theories (with an [Formula: see text]-symmetry) on half-BPS closed three-manifolds — including [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and any Seifert three-manifold. Three-dimensional gauge theories can flow to nontrivial fixed points in the infrared. In the presence of 3D [Formula: see text] supersymmetry, many exact results are known about the strongly-coupled infrared, due in good part to powerful localization techniques. We review some of these techniques and emphasize some more recent developments, which provide a simple and comprehensive formalism for the exact computation of half-BPS observables on closed three-manifolds (partition functions and correlation functions of line operators). Along the way, we also review simple examples of 3D infrared dualities. The computation of supersymmetric partition functions provides exceedingly precise tests of these dualities.

scholarly journals Flux tubes in three-dimensional lattice gauge theories

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 2290-2298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard D. Trottier ◽  
R. M. Woloshyn
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Dimensional Lattice ◽  
Lattice Gauge ◽  
Lattice Gauge Theories

Comment on phase transitions inZ(N)gauge theories

1980 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2423-2424
Author(s):  
T. Banks ◽  
D. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Gauge Theories
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