Phases of a matrix model with non-pairwise index contractions

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTAA085zbMATH Open1477.81082arXiv2004.03152OpenAlexW3103668561MaRDI QIDQ5157597FDOQ5157597

Authors: Dennis Obster, Naoki Sasakura 

Publication date: 19 October 2021

Published in: PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently a matrix model with non-pairwise index contractions has been studied in the context of the canonical tensor model, a tensor model for quantum gravity in the canonical formalism. This matrix model also appears in the same form with different ranges of parameters and variables, when the replica trick is applied to the spherical $p$-spin model ($p=3$) in spin glass theory. Previous studies of this matrix model suggested the presence of a continuous phase transition around $Rsim{N}^2/2$, where $N$ and $R$ designate its matrix size $NimesR$. This relation between $N$ and $R$ intriguingly agrees with a consistency condition of the tensor model in the leading order of $N$, suggesting that the tensor model is located near or on the continuous phase transition point and therefore its continuum limit is automatically taken in the $Nightarrowinfty$ limit. In the previous work, however, the evidence for the phase transition was not satisfactory due to the slowdown of the Monte Carlo simulations. In this work, we provide a new setup for Monte Carlo simulations by integrating out the radial direction of the matrix. This new strategy considerably improves the efficiency, and allows us to clearly show the existence of the phase transition. We also present various characteristics of the phases, such as dynamically generated dimensions of configurations, cascade symmetry breaking, and a parameter zero limit, to discuss some implications to the canonical tensor model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03152

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Matrix models and tensor models for quantum field theory (81T32)

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