Upper bound on the mass anomalous dimension in many-flavor gauge theories: a conformal bootstrap approach

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTW046zbMATH Open1361.81137arXiv1603.01995OpenAlexW2295436793MaRDI QIDQ5347151FDOQ5347151

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Publication date: 22 May 2017

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

Abstract: We study four-dimensional conformal field theories with an $SU(N)$ global symmetry by employing the numerical conformal bootstrap. We consider the crossing relation associated with a four-point function of a spin~$0$ operator~$ph{i}_i^{Bark}$ which belongs to the adjoint representation of $SU(N)$. For~$N=12$ for example, we found that the theory contains a spin~$0$ $SU(12)$-breaking relevant operator when the scaling dimension of~$ph{i}_i^{Bark}$, $Delt{a}_{ph{i}_i^{Bark}}$, is smaller than~$1.71$. Considering the lattice simulation of many-flavor quantum chromodynamics with $12$~flavors on the basis of the staggered fermion, the above $SU(12)$-breaking relevant operator, if it exists, would be induced by the flavor-breaking effect of the staggered fermion and prevent an approach to an infrared fixed point. Actual lattice simulations do not show such signs. Thus, assuming the absence of the above $SU(12)$-breaking relevant operator, we have an upper bound on the mass anomalous dimension at the fixed point~$gamm{a}_m^{*}leq1.29$ from the relation~$gamm{a}_m^{*}=3-Delt{a}_{ph{i}_i^{Bark}}$. Our upper bound is not so strong practically but it is strict within the numerical accuracy. We also find a kink-like behavior in the boundary curve for the scaling dimension of another $SU(12)$-breaking operator.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01995

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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