Quantum field theories and critical phenomena on defects

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2005.05.018MaRDI QIDQ875898zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Davide Fichera, Ettore Vicari, Mihail Mintchev

Publication date 16 April 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0502074

zbMATH Keywords

defectscritical phenomenaextra dimensionsquantum field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: We construct and investigate quantum fields induced on a d-dimensional dissipationless defect by bulk fields propagating in a (d+1)-dimensional space. All interactions are localized on the defect. We derive a unitary non-canonical quantum field theory on the defect, which is analyzed both in the continuum and on the lattice. The universal critical behavior of the underlying system is determined. It turns out that the O(N)-symmetric phi^4 theory, induced on the defect by massless bulk fields, belongs to the universality class of particular d-dimensional spin models with long-range interactions. On the other hand, in the presence of bulk mass the critical behavior crossovers to the one of d-dimensional spin models with short-range interactions.

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