Scalar quantum field theory on fractals

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.10.008zbMATH Open1252.81097arXiv1110.0145OpenAlexW2077003572MaRDI QIDQ664778FDOQ664778

Authors: Arnab Kar, S. G. Rajeev 

Publication date: 2 March 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a family of measures for random fields based on the iterated subdivision of simple geometric shapes (triangles, squares, tetrahedrons) into a finite number of similar shapes. The intent is to construct continuum limits of scale invariant scalar field theories, by imitating Wiener's construction of the measure on the space of functions of one variable. These are Gaussian measures, except for one example of a non-Gaussian fixed point for the Ising model on a fractal. In the continuum limits what we construct have correlation functions that vary as a power of distance. In most cases this is a positive power (as for the Wiener measure) but we also find a few examples with negative exponent. In all cases the exponent is an irrational number, which depends on the particular subdivision scheme used. This suggests that the continuum limits corresponds to quantum field theories (random fields) on spaces of fractional dimension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0145

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zbMATH Keywords

Ising modelrenormalization groupWiener measurefractalsscalar field theoryspin chain models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractals (28A80) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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