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Analytic and Numerical Bootstrap of CFTs with $O(m)\times O(n)$ Global Symmetry in 3D
by Johan Henriksson, Stefanos R. Kousvos, Andreas Stergiou
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Johan Henriksson · Stefanos Robert Kousvos · Andreas Stergiou |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.14388v3 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2020-09-04 |
| Date submitted: | 2020-08-26 20:43 |
| Submitted by: | Stergiou, Andreas |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approaches: | Theoretical, Computational |
Abstract
Motivated by applications to critical phenomena and open theoretical questions, we study conformal field theories with $O(m)\times O(n)$ global symmetry in $d=3$ spacetime dimensions. We use both analytic and numerical bootstrap techniques. Using the analytic bootstrap, we calculate anomalous dimensions and OPE coefficients as power series in $\varepsilon=4-d$ and in $1/n$, with a method that generalizes to arbitrary global symmetry. Whenever comparison is possible, our results agree with earlier results obtained with diagrammatic methods in the literature. Using the numerical bootstrap, we obtain a wide variety of operator dimension bounds, and we find several islands (isolated allowed regions) in parameter space for $O(2)\times O(n)$ theories for various values of $n$. Some of these islands can be attributed to fixed points predicted by perturbative methods like the $\varepsilon$ and large-$n$ expansions, while others appear to arise due to fixed points that have been claimed to exist in resummations of perturbative beta functions.
Author comments upon resubmission
List of changes
1. We added tables with results for critical exponents in our conclusion section, as suggested in Report 1. Hopefully this also ameliorates the indicated weakness in Report 2.
2. In response to Requested Change 1 in Report 2, we emphasize that our expansion parameter is 1/n, not m/n. This is clearly stated in the paragraph before subsection 1.2.
3. We added footnote 1 to address Requested Change 2 in Report 2.
4. We added footnote 17 to address Requested Change 3 in Report 2.
Published as SciPost Phys. 9, 035 (2020)