Double-scaling limit of a broken symmetry quantum field theory in dimensions D<2

DOI10.1063/1.1361063MaRDI QIDQ2774875zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stefan Boettcher, Carl M. Bender, Hugh F. Jones, Peter N. Meisinger

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007248

zbMATH Keywords

Ising limitrenormalized massdilute instanton gasparity-symmetric scalar quantum field theoryweak-coupling expansionweak-coupling/strong-coupling duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

Abstract: The Ising limit of a conventional Hermitian parity-symmetric scalar quantum field theory is a correlated limit in which two bare Lagrangian parameters, the coupling constant $g$ and the {it negative} mass squared $-m^2$, both approach infinity with the ratio $-m^2/g=alpha>0$ held fixed. In this limit the renormalized mass of the asymptotic theory is finite. Moreover, the limiting theory exhibits universal properties. For a non-Hermitian $calPT$-symmetric Lagrangian lacking parity symmetry, whose interaction term has the form $-g(iphi{)}^N/N$, the renormalized mass diverges in this correlated limit. Nevertheless, the asymptotic theory still has interesting properties. For example, the one-point Green's function approaches the value $-ialph{a}^{1/(N-2)}$ independently of the space-time dimension $D$ for $D<2$. Moreover, while the Ising limit of a parity-symmetric quantum field theory is dominated by a dilute instanton gas, the corresponding correlated limit of a $calPT$-symmetric quantum field theory without parity symmetry is dominated by a constant-field configuration with corrections determined by a weak-coupling expansion in which the expansion parameter (the amplitude of the vertices of the graphs in this expansion) is proportional to an inverse power of $g$. We thus observe a weak-coupling/strong-coupling duality in that while the Ising limit is a strong-coupling limit of the quantum field theory, the expansion about this limit takes the form of a conventional weak-coupling expansion. A possible generalization of the Ising limit to dimensions $D<4$ is briefly discussed.

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