A post-Gaussian approach to dipole symmetries and interacting fractons

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2023)065arXiv2305.15448OpenAlexW4385837565MaRDI QIDQ6074072FDOQ6074072

Javier Molina-Vilaplana

Publication date: 12 October 2023

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use a post-Gaussian variational approach to non-perturbatively study a general class of interacting bosonic quantum field theories with generalized dipole symmetries and fractonic behaviour. We find that while a Gaussian approach allows to carry out a consistent renormalization group (RG) flow analysis of these theories, this only grasps the interaction terms associated to the longitudinal motion of dipoles, which is consistent with previous analysis using large $N$ techniques. Remarkably, our post-Gaussian proposal, by providing a variational improved effective potential, is able to capture the transverse part of the interaction between dipoles in such a way that a non trivial RG flow for this term is obtained and analyzed. Our results suggest that dipole symmetries that manifest due to the strong coupling of dipoles, may robustly emerge at low energies from short distance models without that symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.15448

zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupfield theories in lower dimensionseffective field theoriesglobal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

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• Dissipative fracton superfluids
• Interacting fractons in 2+1-dimensional quantum field theory

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