Scale-invariant breaking of conformal symmetry

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/41/41FT01zbMATH Open1326.81174arXiv1505.01152MaRDI QIDQ3452287FDOQ3452287

Anatoly Dymarsky, Alexander Zhiboedov

Publication date: 11 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Known examples of unitary relativistic scale but not conformal-invariant field theories (SFTs) can be embedded into conventional conformal field theories (CFTs). We show that any SFT which is a subsector of a unitary CFT is a free theory. Our discussion applies to an arbitrary number of spacetime dimensions and explains triviality of known SFTs in four spacetime dimensions. We comment on examples of unitary SFTs which are not captured by our construction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.01152

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryrenormalization grouphigher spin symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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