Conformality and self-duality of N_f = 2 QED₃

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2022.137192MaRDI QIDQ2672841zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zhijin Li

Publication date 13 June 2022

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.09020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Applications of branching processes (60J85) Bootstrap, jackknife and other resampling methods (62F40) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

Abstract: We study the IR phase of three dimensional quantum electrodynamics (QED${}_3$) coupled to $N_f=2$ flavors of two-component Dirac fermions, which has been controversial for decades. This theory has been proposed to be self-dual with symmetry enhancement $(SU(2{)}_{f}imesU(1{)}_t)/mathbb{Z}_{2}ightarrowO(4)$ at the IR fixed point. We focus on the four-point correlator of monopole operators with unit topological charge of $U(1{)}_t$. We illustrate the $O(4)ightarrowSU(2{)}_{f}imesU(1{)}_t$ branching rules based on an $O(4)$ symmetric positive structure in the monopole four-point crossing equations. We use conformal bootstrap method to derive nonperturbative constraints on the CFT data and test the conformality and self-duality of $N_f=2$ QED${}_3$. In particular we find the CFT data obtained from previous lattice simulations can be ruled out by introducing irrelevant assumptions in the spectrum, indicating the IR phase of $N_f=2$ QED${}_3$ is not conformal.

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