Duality and scaling in 3-dimensional scalar electrodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.08.018zbMATH Open1123.81425arXivhep-lat/0402021OpenAlexW2074204351WikidataQ63354025 ScholiaQ63354025MaRDI QIDQ874288FDOQ874288

Authors: K. Kajantie, M. Laine, T. Neuhaus, A. Rajantie, K. Rummukainen 

Publication date: 5 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Three-dimensional scalar electrodynamics, with a local U(1) gauge symmetry, is believed to be dual to a scalar theory with a global U(1) symmetry, near the phase transition point. The conjectured duality leads to definite predictions for the scaling exponents of the gauge theory transition in the type II region, and allows thus to be scrutinized empirically. We review these predictions, and carry out numerical lattice Monte Carlo measurements to test them: a number of exponents, characterising the two phases as well as the transition point, are found to agree with expectations, supporting the conjecture. We explain why some others, like the exponent characterising the photon correlation length, appear to disagree with expectations, unless very large system sizes and the extreme vicinity of the transition point are considered. Finally, we remark that in the type I region the duality implies an interesting quantitative relationship between a magnetic flux tube and a 2-dimensional non-topological soliton.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0402021

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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