scholarly journals Multi-Critical Multi-Field Models: A CFT Approach to the Leading Order

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Paolo Vacca ◽  
Alessandro Codello ◽  
Mahmoud Safari ◽  
Omar Zanusso
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Full Agreement ◽  
Approximate Symmetries ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Perturbative Renormalization

We present some general results for the multi-critical multi-field models in d > 2 recently obtained using conformal field theory (CFT) and Schwinger–Dyson methods at the perturbative level without assuming any symmetry. Results in the leading non trivial order are derived consistently for several conformal data in full agreement with functional perturbative renormalization group (RG) methods. Mechanisms like emergent (possibly approximate) symmetries can be naturally investigated in this framework.

scholarly journals Effects of non-conformal boundary on entanglement entropy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Loveridge
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Mixed Boundary ◽  
Conformal Symmetry ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Mixed Boundary Conditions ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Conformal Field

Abstract Spacetime boundaries with canonical Neuman or Dirichlet conditions preserve conformal invarience, but “mixed” boundary conditions which interpolate linearly between them can break conformal symmetry and generate interesting Renormalization Group flows even when a theory is free, providing soluble models with nontrivial scale dependence. We compute the (Rindler) entanglement entropy for a free scalar field with mixed boundary conditions in half Minkowski space and in Anti-de Sitter space. In the latter case we also compute an additional geometric contribution, which according to a recent proposal then collectively give the 1/N corrections to the entanglement entropy of the conformal field theory dual. We obtain some perturbatively exact results in both cases which illustrate monotonic interpolation between ultraviolet and infrared fixed points. This is consistent with recent work on the irreversibility of renormalization group, allowing some assessment of the aforementioned proposal for holographic entanglement entropy and illustrating the generalization of the g-theorem for boundary conformal field theory.

scholarly journals a – c test of holography versus quantum renormalization group

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (29) ◽  
pp. 1450158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Beta Function ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Large N

We show that a "constructive derivation" of the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence based on the quantum local renormalization group in large-N quantum field theories consistently provides the a – c holographic Weyl anomaly in d = 4 at the curvature squared order in the bulk action. The consistency of the construction further predicts the form of the metric beta function.

A Review of Conformal Field Theory in 2D

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1079-1105
Author(s):  
Rahul Nigam
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Critical Behavior ◽  
Verma Module ◽  
Virasoro Algebra ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Insight Into

In this review we study the elementary structure of Conformal Field Theory in which is a recipe for further studies of critical behavior of various systems in statistical mechanics and quantum field theory. We briefly review CFT in dimensions which plays a prominent role for example in the well-known duality AdS/CFT in string theory where the CFT lives on the AdS boundary. We also describe the mapping of the theory from the cylinder to a complex plane which will help us gain an insight into the process of radial quantization and radial ordering. Finally we will develop the representation of the Virasoro algebra which is the well-known "Verma module".  

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