Large N renormalization group flows in 3d N = 1 Chern-Simons-matter theories

DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2019)160MaRDI QIDQ2317812zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Ofer Aharony, Adar Sharon

Publication date 12 August 2019

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.07146

zbMATH Keywords

1/N expansionChern-Simons theoriesduality in gauge field theoriesrenormalization group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

Abstract: We discuss 3d $mathcalN=1$ supersymmetric SU(N) and U(N) Chern-Simons-matter theories, with $N_f$ matter superfields in the fundamental representation of SU(N) or U(N). In the large N 't Hooft limit with fixed 't Hooft coupling $lambda$ these theories have one (for $N_f=1$) or two (for $N_f>1$) exactly marginal deformations in the superpotential. At finite N these couplings acquire a beta function. We compute the beta function exactly for $lambda=0$, at leading order in 1/N. For $N_f=1$ we find four fixed points, one of which is triply-degenerate. We show that at large N there are at most six fixed points for any $lambda$, and conjecture that there are exactly six, with three of them stable (including a point with enhanced $mathcalN=2$ supersymmetry). The strong-weak coupling dualities of $mathcalN=1$ Chern-Simons-matter theories map each of these fixed points to a dual one. We show that at large N the phase structure near each of the three stable fixed points is different. For $N_f>1$ we analyze the fixed points at weak coupling, and we work out the action of the strong-weak coupling duality on the marginal and relevant superpotential couplings at large N (which was previously known only for $N_f=1$). In addition, we compute in these theories the 2-point and 3-point functions of the lowest gauge-invariant singlet superfield at large N, for all values of $lambda$ and of the superpotential couplings, and use them to test the large N dualities. This computation is one of the ingredients needed for a computation of the beta function at order 1/N for all $lambda$, which we leave for future work. We also discuss Chern-Simons-matter theories with extra Hubbard-Stratonovich type singlet fields, and suggest dualities between them.

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