Conformal Field Theories in the

Epsilon and 1/N Expansions

Lin Fei

A Dissertation
Presented to the Faculty
of Princeton University
in Candidacy for the Degree
of Doctor of Philosophy

Recommended for Acceptance

by the Department of
Physics
Adviser: Simone Giombi

September 2017

c Copyright by Lin Fei, 2017.

All rights reserved.

 Abstract
In this thesis, we study various conformal eld theories in two dierent approximation

schemes - the -expansion in dimensional continuation, and the large N expansion.

We rst propose a cubic theory in d = 6− as the UV completion of the quartic

scalar O(N ) theory in d > 4. We study this theory to three-loop order and show

that various operator dimensions are consistent with large- N results. This theory

possesses an IR stable xed point at real couplings for N > 1038, suggesting the

existence of a perturbatively unitary interacting O(N ) symmetric CFT in d = 5. Ex-

tending this model to Sp(N ) symmetric theories, we nd an interacting non-unitary

CFT in d = 5. For the special case of Sp(2), the IR xed point possesses an enhanced
symmetry given by the supergroup OSp(1|2). We also observe that various operator

dimensions of the Sp(2) theory match those from the 0-state Potts model. We provide

a graph theoretic proof showing that the zero, two, and three-point functions in the

Sp(2) model and the 0-state Potts model indeed match to all orders in perturbation

theory, strongly suggesting their equivalence. We then study two fermionic theories

in d = 2+ - the Gross-Neveu model and the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, together

with their UV completions in d = 4− given by the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa and the

Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa theories. We compute their sphere free energy and cer-

tain operator dimensions, passing all checks against large- N results. We use two

sided Padé approximations with our -expansion results to obtain estimates of vari-

ous quantities in the physical dimension d = 3. Finally, we provide evidence that the

N = 1 Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model which contains a 2-component Ma jorana fermion,

and the N =2 Nambu-Jona-Lasinion-Yukawa model which contains a 2-component

Dirac fermion, both have emergent supersymmetry.

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 Acknowledgements
I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to my advisor Simone Giombi, and Igor

Klebanov for their guidance, insights, and encouragement throughout the years. I

would also like to thank my colleague Grigory Tarnopolsky for all the help he has

given me across many projects throughout my PhD studies.

My wonderful experience at Princeton wouldn't be possible without all of my fel-

low graduate students, especially Mykola Dedushenko, Kenan Diab, Po-Shen Hsin,

Vladimir Kirilin, Lauren McGough, Sarthak Parikh, and Grigory Tarnopolsky. Of

course it also wouldn't be possible without the unwavering support of my loving

family.

Additionally, I would also like to thank:

Princeton University for providing me with such an excellent environment to do

research.

The National Science Foundation for providing funding for my work as well as

theoretical physics as a whole.

Wolfram Research for developing and maintaining Mathematica, a pivotal tool in

almost everything I do.

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 To Helen and Neil

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Contents

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Universality and Renormalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Review of Wilson-Fisher -expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.3 Review of large- N expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.4 The Gross-Neveu Model and its UV completion . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.5 Overview of chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 Critical O(N ) Models in 6− Dimensions 17

2.1 Introduction and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Summary of large N results for the critical O(N ) CFT . . . . . . . . 21

2.3 The IR xed point of the cubic theory in d=6− . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.4 Analysis of xed points at nite N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.5 Operator mixing and anomalous dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.5.1 The mixing of σ2 and φi φi operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.5.2 The mixing of σ3 and σφi φi operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2.6 Comments on CT and 5-d F theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

2.7 Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model and a test of 3-d F-theorem . . . . . . . 49

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3 Three-Loop Analysis of the Critical O(N ) Models in 6− Dimensions 53

3.1 Introduction and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

3.2 Three-loop β -functions in d=6− . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

3.3 The IR xed point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

3.3.1 Dimensions of φ and σ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

3.3.2 Dimensions of quadratic and cubic operators . . . . . . . . . . 63

3.4 Analysis of critical N as a function of  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

3.4.1 Unitary xed points for all positive N . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

3.5 Non-unitary theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

3.6 Appendix A. Summary of three-loop results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

3.6.1 Counterterms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

4 Critical Sp(N ) Models in 6− Dimensions and Higher Spin dS/CFT 80

4.1 Introduction and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

4.2 The IR xed points of the cubic Sp(N ) theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

4.2.1 Estimating operator dimensions with Padé approximants . . . 89

4.2.2 Sphere free energies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

4.3 Symmetry enhancement for N =2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

5 Equivalence between the Sp(2) model and the 0-state Potts model 95

5.1 Preliminaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

5.2 Review of Potts model tensor calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

5.3 Prove the equivalence for two-point functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

5.3.1 Some general observations about the diagrams . . . . . . . . . 100

5.3.2 Dening three sets of graphs: GC , GF , GA . . . . . . . . . . . 102

5.3.3 Relation between GA and GC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

5.3.4 Relation between GA and GF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

5.4 three-point functions and zero point functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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6 Yukawa CFTs and Emergent Supersymmetry 111

6.1 Introduction and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

6.2 The Gross-Neveu-Yukawa Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

6.2.1 Free energy on S 4− . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

6.2.2 2+ expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

6.2.3 Large N expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

6.2.4 Padé approximants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

6.3 The Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

6.3.1 Free energy on S 4− . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

6.3.2 2+ expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

6.3.3 Large N expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

6.3.4 Padé approximants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

6.4 Models with Emergent Supersymmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

6.4.1 Theory with 4 supercharges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

6.4.2 Theory with 2 supercharges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

A Useful integrals for one-loop calculation 157

B Summary of three-loop results 160

B.1 Counterterms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

C Sample diagram calculations 163

C.1 Some useful integrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

C.2 Example of a two point function diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

C.3 Example of a three point function diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

D Beta functions and anomalous dimensions for general Yukawa theo-

ries 169

Bibliography 176

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Universality and Renormalization

Conformal Field Theories (CFT) have important applications in many areas from

string theory to condensed matter physics. They are Quantum Field Theories (QFT)

which are invariant under conformal transformations - transformations that preserve

angles locally. In particular, scaling invariance is a part of conformal invariance. At

the critical points of statistical systems, the correlation length scale ξ diverges. In the

continuum theory that describes the physics across distances that are large compared

to the lattice spacing, the correlation functions are insensitive to the microscopic de-

tails of the model and become scale-invariant. Thus, CFTs play a primary role in the

understanding of critical points in statistical mechanics. Remarkably, a wide range

of seemingly unrelated statistical systems share some universal large scale proper-

ties despite their microscopic dierences. In order to understand the origin of these

universal properties, it is necessary to introduce the notion of renormalization.

A simple example of universality is provided by the central limit theorem. If we

are summing over a large number of random variables with arbitrary distribution

(provided that large deviations with respect to the mean decrease fast enough), the

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asymptotic behavior is always a Gaussian, regardless of the distribution of the orig-

inal random variables. One can understand this using a renormalization strategy by

recursively averaging over pairs of random variables. In general, the operation of

averaging over two identical random variables with distribution ρ results in a random
variable with a transformed distribution T ρ. However, the limiting distribution ρ∗
is necessarily a xed point of this operation T ρ∗ = ρ∗ . One nds that the Gaussian

distribution is an attractive xed point of these operations. Thus, no matter what

the initial distribution is, after repeated application of the averaging operation, all of

them will tend towards the Gaussian xed point.

Renormalization of QFTs follows a similar idea. Let's suppose we have a QFT

described by the Hamiltonian H, and a microscopic scale 1/Λ describing, for exam-

ple, the lattice spacing for a lattice model. Now we recursively integrate out short

distances degrees of freedom to generate an eective Hamiltonian Hλ , with λ ∈ [0, 1],

corresponding to increasing the scale to 1/(λΛ). The various parameters in the new

Hamiltonian Hλ will be dierent, and this leads to a transformation T in the space

of Hamiltonians such that:

d
λ Hλ = T [Hλ ] (1.1)
dλ

Universality is related to the existence of xed point solutions of the equation:

T [H∗ ] = 0 (1.2)

If the above equations have an attractive xed point, then all the Hamiltonians

within the basin of attraction will eventually ow to the same xed point - they

belong to the same universality class. The Gaussian xed point is again a stable xed

point in QFTs, but they describe free theories without interactions. However, there

can also be interacting xed points, which are more interesting.

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 The linear partial dierential equations for the correlators of the renormalized

theory, resulting from variations of the parameters under an innitesimal change of

the renormalization scale, are called renormalization group equations. In particular,

using these RG equations, one can compute two functions: the β -function which

describe the rate at which the couplings in H ows, and the anomalous dimension η,
which describes the correction to the classical scaling dimensions of various operators

when interactions are turned on. All of these quantities are computed order by order in

perturbation theory, with higher order corrections coming from higher loop Feynman

diagrams.

For example, the water-vapor phase diagram is described by the three-dimensional

Ising model. Near the critical point, it is described by a Euclidean QFT of a real

scalar eld, φ, with a λφ4 interaction:

Z  
3 1 λ
S= dx (∂φ)2 + φ4 . (1.3)
2 4!

The coupling constant λ is the strength of the interaction, which will change with scale
due to renormalization. It turns out, this model is weakly coupled at short distances,

but it becomes strongly coupled at long distances. It is the long distance regime that

is needed for describing the critical behavior, but perturbation theory in λ cannot be

applied to calculate various quantities of interest, such as the scaling dimensions of

various operators. However, theorists have invented ingenious expansion schemes that

have led to good approximations. Two of these include -expansion in dimensional

continuation, and large- N expansion.

The idea behind dimensional continuation is that instead of working directly in

d = 3, we treat d as a continuous parameter. Signicant simplication occurs for

d = 4− where   1. Then the IR stable xed point of the Renormalization Group

occurs for a weak coupling λ of order , so that a formal Wilson-Fisher expansion in

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 may be developed [1]. The coecients of the rst few terms fall o rapidly, so that

setting =1 provides a rather precise approximation that is in good agreement with

the experimental and numerical results for d=3 [2].

Another important idea has been the large- N expansion in the O(N ) symmetric

λ
QFT of N real scalar elds φi , i = 1, . . . , N , with interaction
4
(φi φi )2 . Using a gen-
eralized Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation with an auxiliary eld σ, it is possible

to develop expansion in powers of 1/N (for a comprehensive review, see [3]). The

large N expansion may be developed for a range of d [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] and

compared with the regimes where other perturbative expansions such as dimensional

continuation.

In particular, for d = 4 − , the Wilson-Fisher -expansion may be developed for

any N [2], and the results can be matched with the large N techniques. Also, for

d = 2 +  the large N results match with the perturbative UV xed point of the O(N )
Non-linear Sigma Model (NL σ M). Using the rst few terms in the large N expansion

directly in d=3 provides another approach to estimating the scaling dimensions for

low values of N. Thus, a combination of the large N and  expansions provides good

approximations for the critical behavior in the entire range 2 < d < 4. One should

note, however, that both expansions are not convergent but rather provide asymptotic

series. There are continued eorts towards obtaining a more rigorous approach to the

O(N ) symmetric CFT's using conformal bootstrap ideas [13, 14, 15, 16], and recently
it has led to more precise numerical calculations of the operator scaling dimensions

in three-dimensional CFT's [17, 18]. The bootstrap approach has been successfully

applied not only in the range 2<d<4 [19], but also for 4<d<6 [20].

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1.2 Review of Wilson-Fisher -expansion
Let us consider the Euclidean eld theory of N real massless scalar elds with an

O(N ) invariant quartic interaction

Z  
d 1 λ
S= d x (∂φi )2 + (φi φi )2 . (1.4)
2 4

As follows from dimensional analysis, the interaction term is relevant for d<4 and

irrelevant for d > 4. Hence, for 2 < d < 4, it is expected that the quartic interaction

generates a ow from the free UV xed point to an interacting IR xed point. In

d = 4− this xed point can be studied perturbatively in the framework of the

Wilson-Fisher -expansion [1, 2]. Indeed, the one-loop beta function for the theory in

d=4− reads

λ2
βλ = −λ + (N + 8) , (1.5)
8π 2

and there is a weakly coupled IR xed point at

8π 2
λ∗ = . (1.6)
N +8

Higher order corrections in  will change the value of the critical coupling, but not

its existence, at least in perturbation theory. The anomalous dimensions of the fun-

damental eld φi and the composite φi φi at the xed point can be computed to be,

to leading order in 

N +2 2 N +2
γφ = 2
 + O(3 ) , γφ2 =  + O(2 ) , (1.7)
4(N + 8) N +8

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corresponding to the scaling dimensions

d  N +2 2
∆φ = − 1 + γφ = 1 − + 2
 + O(3 ) , (1.8)
2 2 4(N + 8)
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∆φ2 = d − 2 + γφ2 = 2 −  + O(2 ) . (1.9)
N +8

Note that the dimension of the φi φi operator is 2 + O(1/N ) to leading order at

large N , a result that follows from the large N analysis reviewed below. Higher order

corrections in  for general N may be derived by higher loop calculations in the theory

(1.4), and they are known up to order 5 [21, 22].

For d > 4, the interaction is irrelevant and so the IR xed point is the free theory;
however, one may ask about the existence of interacting UV xed points. Working

in d = 4+ for small , one indeed nds a perturbative UV xed point at (see, for

example [23])

8π 2
λ∗ = − . (1.10)
N +8

The anomalous dimensions at this critical point are given by the same expressions

(1.7) with  → −. Note that, because γφ starts at order 2 , the dimension of φ stays

above the unitarity bound for all N, at least for suciently small . However, since

the xed point requires a negative coupling, one may worry about its stability, and it

is important to study this critical point by alternative methods.

1.3 Review of large-N expansion

A complementary approach to the  expansion that can be developed at arbitrary

dimension d is the large N expansion. The standard technique to study the theory

(1.4) at large N is based on introducing a Hubbard-Stratonovich auxiliary eld σ as

Z  
d 1 1 σ2
S= d x (∂φi )2 + σφi φi − . (1.11)
2 2 4λ

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Integrating out σ via its equation of motion σ = λφi φi , one gets back to the original

lagrangian. The quartic interaction in (1.4) may in fact be viewed as a particular

example of the double trace deformations studied in [24]. One can then show that at

large N the dimension of φi φi goes from ∆ = d − 2 at the free xed point to d − ∆ = 2

at the interacting xed point. At the conformal point, the last term in (1.11) can

1
be dropped , and the eld σ plays the role of the composite operator φi φi . One may

then study the critical theory using the action

Z  
d 1 1
Scrit = d x (∂φi )2 + √ σφi φi (1.12)
2 2 N
√
where we have rescaled σ by a factor of N for reasons that will become clear

momentarily. The 1/N perturbation theory can be developed by integrating out the

fundamental elds φi . This generates an eective non-local kinetic term for σ

Z  
1
dd x (∂φi )2 + √1 σφi φi
R
−
Z= DφDσ e 2 2 N

Z (1.13)
1
dd xdd y σ(x)σ(y) hφi φi (x)φj φj (y)i0 +O(σ 3 )
R
= Dσ e 8N

where we have assumed large N 0

and the subscript ` ' denotes expectation values in

the free theory. We have

Z
i i j j 2 dd p eip(x−y)
hφ φ (x)φ φ (y)i0 = 2N [G(x − y)] , G(x − y) = . (1.14)
(2π)d p2

In momentum space, the square of the φ propagator reads

Z
2 dd p ip(x−y)
[G(x − y)] = e G̃(p)
(2π)d
Z
dd q 1 (p2 )d/2−2
G̃(p) = = − d−3 (1.15)
(2π)d q 2 (p − q)2 2d (4π) 2 Γ( d−1 ) sin( πd ) 2 2
1 This applies formally to both IR and UV xed points.

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and so from (1.13) one nds the two-point function of σ in momentum space

 
d+1 d−3 d−1 πd d d
hσ(p)σ(−p)i = 2 (4π) 2 Γ sin( ) (p2 )2− 2 ≡ C̃σ (p2 )2− 2 . (1.16)
2 2

The corresponding two-point function in coordinate space can be obtained by Fourier

transform and reads

d−1


2d+2 Γ 2
sin( πd ) 1 Cσ
hσ(x)σ(y)i = 3
2 ≡ . (1.17)
π 2 Γ d2 −2 |x − y|4 |x − y|4

Indeed, this is the two-point function of a conformal scalar operator of dimension

∆ = 2. Note also that the coecient Cσ is positive in the range 2 < d < 6.
The large N perturbation theory can then be developed using the propagator

(1.16)-(1.17) for σ, the canonical propagator for φ and the interaction term σφi φi in

(1.12). For instance, the 1/N term in the anomalous dimension of φi can be computed
from the one-loop correction to the φ-propagator

Z
1 dd q 1 C̃σ
, (1.18)
N (2π) (p − q) (q 2 ) d2 −2+δ
d 2

where we have introduced a small correction δ to the power of the σ propagator as a

2
regulator . Doing the momentum integral by using (A.1), one obtains the result

C̃σ (d − 4)
(p2 )1−δ Γ(δ − 1) (1.19)
N (4π) d2 dΓ( d )
2

where we have set δ = 0 in the irrelevant factors. The 1/δ pole corresponds to a

logarithmic divergence and is cancelled as usual by the wave function renormalization

of φ. Dening the dimension of φ as

d 1 1
∆φ = − 1 + η1 + 2 η2 + . . . (1.20)
2 N N
2 One may perform the calculation using a momentum cuto, yielding the same nal result.

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 η1 Cσ
0.3
20

0.2
15

0.1
10

0.0 d
2 3 4 5 6 5

- 0.1 0 d
2 3 4 5 6

Figure 1.1: The 1/N anomalous dimension of φi and the coecient of the two-point

function of σ in the large N critical O(N ) theory for 2 < d < 6.

the one-loop calculation above yields the result

d−1

πd


C̃σ (d − 4) 2d−3 (d − 4)Γ 2
sin 2
η1 = d = 3 d

. (1.21)
(4π) 2 dΓ( d2 ) π2Γ 2
+1

Setting d = 4− and expanding for small , it is straightforward to check that this

agrees with the 1/N term of (1.8). The leading anomalous dimension of σ also takes

a simple form [4, 11, 12]

1 4(d − 1)(d − 2) 1
∆σ = 2 + η1 + O( 2 ) . (1.22)
N d−4 N

and can be seen to precisely agree with (1.9) in d = 4 − .

Note that the anomalous dimension of φi (1.21) is positive for all 2 < d < 6. Thus,

while the focus of most of the exisiting literature is on the range 2 < d < 4, we see

no obvious problems with unitarity in continuing the large N critical O(N ) theory to
the range 4 < d < 6.3 A plot of η1 and of the σ two-point function coecient Cσ is

given in Figure 1.1, showing that they are both positive for 2 < d < 6.
3 Recall that the unitarity bound for a scalar operator is ∆ ≥ d/2 − 1. One can also check that
the order 1/N term in the anomalous dimension of the O(N ) invariant higher spin currents, given
in [10], is positive in the range 2 < d < 6, consistently with the unitarity bound ∆s ≥ s + d − 2 for
spin s operators (s > 1/2).

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1.4 The Gross-Neveu Model and its UV completion
In order to motivate our proposed cubic model as the UV completion of φ4 theory, we

rst review the relation between the Gross-Neveu (GN) model and its UV completion,

the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model.

The same  and 1/N -expansion schemes can be applied to fermionic theories as

well. The GN model has a quartic interaction given by:

g
LGN = ψ̄j 6 ∂ψ j + (ψ̄j ψ j )2 . (1.23)
2

As discovered in [25], the theory is asymptotically free in d = 2 for N > 2. The

β -function for the renormalized coupling constant g in d=2+ starts with:

N −2 2
β = g − g + ... , (1.24)
2π

and the anomalous dimension of ψ is given by[3]:

1+ N −1 2
∆ψ = + g . (1.25)
2 8π 2

2π
Therefore this theory possesses a non-trivial UV xed point given by g∗ = N −2
 in
d = 2 + . And the anomalous dimension at that xed point is:

1 1 N −1
∆ψ = + +  + ... . (1.26)
2 2 4(N − 2)2

However, by simple power counting, this theory is not renormalizable in dimen-

sions greater than two, and therefore in the UV, the large momentum behavior of the

theory cannot be properly described via perturbation theory. It would be desirable

to describe this xed point through some other means, such as the IR xed point of

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some other theory. Indeed such a theory exists, and it is the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa

theory, as we will demonstrate shortly.

First, we can still apply the Hubbard-Stratonovich analysis to the Gross-Neveu

model, although it requires a bit more care. Introducing the auxiliary eld σ, and

dropping the quadratic term in the critical limit, we have the action

Z  
1
Scrit ferm = d / i
d x − ψ̄0i ∂ ψ0 + √ i
σ0 ψ̄0i ψ0 , (1.27)
N

where i = 1, . . . , Ñ and N = Ñ Tr1. The propagator of the ψ0i eld reads

ip/
hψ0i (p)ψ̄0j (−p)i0 = δji . (1.28)
p2

The σ eective propagator obtained after integrating over the fundamental elds ψ0i
reads

d
hσ0 (p)σ0 (−p)i0 = C̃σ0 /(p2 ) 2 −1+∆ , (1.29)

where

d−3
d − 1 πd

C̃σ0 ≡ −2d+1 (4π) 2 Γ sin (1.30)
2 2

and we have introduced the regulator ∆. Note that the power of p2 in the propagator

d d
is
2
−1+∆ instead of
2
−2+∆ found in the scalar case. In order to cancel the

divergences as ∆→0 we have to renormalize the bare elds ψ0 and σ0 :

1/2
ψ = Zψ ψ0 , σ = Zσ1/2 σ0 , (1.31)

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where

1 Zψ1 1 Zσ1
Zψ = 1 + + O(1/N 2 ), Zσ = 1 + + O(1/N 2 ) . (1.32)
N ∆ N ∆

The full propagators of the renormalized elds read

ip/ C̃σ
hψ i (p)ψ̄j (−p)i = δji C̃ψ , hσ(p)σ(−p)i = , (1.33)
d
−∆ψ + 12 d
(p2 ) 2 (p2 ) 2 −∆σ

where we introduced anomalous dimensions ∆ψ and ∆σ and two-point function nor-

malizations C̃ψ and C̃σ in momentum space. In particular, we have

− + η GN ,
d 1
∆ψ = (1.34)
2 2

where η GN = η1GN /N + η2GN /N 2 + . . ., and to rst order in 1/N , we have:

Γ(d − 1)(d − 2)2

η1GN = (1.35)
4Γ(2 − d2 )Γ( d2 + 1)Γ( d2 )2

We can expand this expression in d=2+ and see agreement with our -expansion
result.

Motivated by the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation, the Lagrangian of the

GNY model [26, 27] contains a scalar eld with cubic interaction with the fermions

as well as a quartic self-interaction which is also marginal:

1 1
LGNY = (∂µ σ)2 + ψ̄j 6 ∂ψ j + g1 σ ψ̄j ψ j + g2 σ 4 . (1.36)
2 24

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In d = 4 − , the β -functions to one-loop are given by[3]:

1  2 2 4

βg 2 = −g2 + 3g2 + 2N g1 g2 − 12N g1 ,
(4π)2
 N +6 3
βg 1 = − g1 + g , (1.37)
2 2(4π)2 1

where N = Nf tr1 = 4Nf . The anomalous dimension for the ψ eld is given by:

3− 1
∆ψ = + 2
g12 . (1.38)
2 2(4π)

The model possesses an IR stable xed point at the critical couplings gi∗ given by

(g1∗ )2 1
2
= ,
(4π) N +6
√
g2∗ −N + 6 + N 2 + 132N + 36
= . (1.39)
(4π)2 6(N + 6)

The anomalous dimension of ψ at the xed point is equal to:

3 N +5
∆ψ = − . (1.40)
2 2(N + 6)

Which again matches against the large N result expanded near d = 4−. Therefore

the UV xed point of the GN model is described by the IR xed point of the GNY

model. The GNY model is said to be the UV-completion of the GN model.

Similarly, in this thesis, we are trying to show that the O(N ) symmetric ((φi )2 )2
theory with a UV xed point in d = 4+ has a UV completion given by a cubic

theory with N +1 scalar elds in d = 6 − :

1 1 g1 g2
L = (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + σφi φi + σ 3 . (1.41)
2 2 2 6

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We will demonstrate this by comparing against large N results of various operator

dimensions.

1.5 Overview of chapters

This thesis is organized as a collection of papers. Chapters 2,3,4,6 are based on

work published in [28, 29, 30, 31] respectively, with co-authors Simone Giombi, Igor

Klebanov, and Grigory Tarnopolsky. Chapter 5 is based on unpublished work.

In chapter 2, we propose the alternate description of the O(N ) symmetric scalar

eld theories in d dimensions with interaction (φi φi )2 in terms of a theory of N +1

massless scalars with the cubic interactions σφi φi and σ3. Our one-loop calculation

in 6− dimensions shows that this theory has an IR stable xed point at real values

of the coupling constants for N > 1038. We show that the 1/N expansions of various

operator scaling dimensions match the known results for the critical O(N ) theory

continued to d = 6 − . These results suggest that, for suciently large N, there are

5-dimensional unitary O(N ) symmetric interacting CFT's; they should be dual to the
Vasiliev higher-spin theory in AdS6 with alternate boundary conditions for the bulk

scalar. Using these CFT's we provide a new test of the 5-dimensional F -theorem,
and also nd a new counterexample for the CT theorem.

In chapter 3, we continue the study of the same theory to three loop order. We

calculate the 3-loop beta functions for the two couplings and use them to determine

certain operator scaling dimensions at the IR stable xed point up to order 3 . We

also use the beta functions to determine the corrections to the critical value of N
below which there is no xed point at real couplings. We also study the theory with

N = 1, which has a Z2 symmetry under φ → −φ. We show that it possesses an

IR stable xed point at imaginary couplings which can be reached by ow from a

nearby xed point describing a pair of N =0 theories. We calculate certain operator

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scaling dimensions at the IR xed point of the N =1 theory and suggest that, upon

continuation to two dimensions, it describes a non-unitary conformal minimal model.

In chapter 4, we consider a variant of our model with Sp(N ) symmetry composed

of N anti-commuting scalars and one commuting scalar. For any even N we nd an

IR stable xed point in 6− dimensions at imaginary values of coupling constants.

Borrowing our three loop calculations in 3, we develop  expansions for several op-

erator dimensions and for the sphere free energy F. The conjectured F -theorem is

obeyed in spite of the non-unitarity of the theory. Our results point to the exis-

tence of interacting non-unitary 5-dimensional CFTs with Sp(N ) symmetry, where

operator dimensions are real. For N =2 we show that the IR xed point possesses

an enhanced global symmetry given by the supergroup OSp(1|2). This suggests the

existence of OSp(1|2) symmetric CFTs in dimensions smaller than 6. We show that

the 6 −  expansions of the scaling dimensions and sphere free energy in our OSp(1|2)
model are the same as in the q→0 limit of the q -state Potts model.

In chapter 5, we provide further evidence of the equivalence between the Sp(2)

model and the 0-state Potts model. Using existing results, we nd that to four-loop

order, the anomalous dimensions and beta functions of these two theories are equal

up to a sign alternating with successive loop order. Using a graph theoretic approach,

we prove this equality as well as the alternating sign. This argument holds for all

loop orders in perturbation theory. This strongly suggests that these two models are

indeed equivalent, giving an alternative description of the 0-state Potts model.

Finally, in chapter 6, we study conformal eld theories with Yukawa interactions

in dimensions between 2 and 4; they provide UV completions of the Nambu-Jona-

Lasinio and Gross-Neveu models which have four-fermion interactions. We compute

the sphere free energy and certain operator scaling dimensions using dimensional

continuation. We provide new evidence that the 4− expansion of the N =1 Gross-

Neveu-Yukawa model respects the supersymmetry. Our extrapolations to d = 3

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appear to be in good agreement with the available results obtained using the numer-

ical conformal bootstrap. We apply a similar approach to calculate the sphere free

energy and operator scaling dimensions in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa model,

which has an additional U (1) global symmetry. For N = 2, which corresponds to

one 2-component Dirac fermion, this theory has an emergent supersymmetry with 4

supercharges, and we provide new evidence for this.

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Chapter 2

Critical O(N ) Models in 6−

Dimensions

2.1 Introduction and Summary

This chapter is based on the work published in [28], co-authored with Simone

Giombi, and Igor Klebanov. We also thank David Gross, Daniel Harlow, Igor

Herbut, Juan Maldacena, Giorgio Parisi, Silviu Pufu, Leonardo Rastelli, Dam Son,

Grigory Tarnopolsky and Edward Witten for useful discussions.

We would like to extend the results of the -expansion and large- N expansion to

interacting O(N ) models in d > 4. At rst glance, such extensions seem impossible:

the (φi φi )2 interaction is irrelevant at the Gaussian xed point, since it has scaling

dimension 2d − 4. Therefore, the long-distance behavior of this QFT is described by

the free eld theory. However, at least for large N, the theory possesses a UV stable

xed point whose existence may be demonstrated using the Hubbard-Stratonovich

transformation. At the interacting xed point, the scaling dimension of the operator

φi φi is 2 + O(1/N ) for any d. For d > 6, this dimension is below the unitarity bound

d/2 − 1. It follows that the interesting range, where the UV xed point may be

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unitary, is [32, 33, 34, 35]

4<d<6. (2.1)

We will examine the structure of the O(N ) symmetric scalar eld theory in this range
from various points of view.

We rst note that the coecients in the 1/N expansions derived for various quan-

tities in [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] may be continued to the range (2.1) without any

obvious diculty. Thus, the UV xed points make sense at least in the 1/N expan-

sion. However, one should be concerned about the stability of the xed points in this

range of dimensions at nite N. In d = 4 + , where the UV xed point is weakly

2
coupled, it occurs for the negative quartic coupling λ∗ = − N8π+8  + O(2 ) [36, 23].

Thus, it seems that the UV xed point theory is unlikely to be completely stable,

although it may be metastable. In order to gain a better understanding of the xed

point theory, it would be helpful to describe it via RG ow from another theory. In

such a UV complete" description, the O(N ) symmetric theory we are after should

appear as the conventional IR stable xed point.

Our main result is to demonstrate that such a UV completion indeed exists: it is

the O(N ) symmetric theory of N +1 scalar elds with the Lagrangian

1 1 g1 g2
L = (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + σφi φi + σ 3 . (2.2)
2 2 2 6

The cubic interaction terms are relevant for d < 6, so that the theory ows from the

Gaussian xed point to an interacting IR xed point. The latter is expected to be

weakly coupled for d = 6 − . The idea to study a cubic scalar theory in d=6− is

not new. Michael Fisher has explored such an -expansion in the theory of a single

scalar eld as a possible description of the Yang-Lee edge singularity in the Ising

model [37]. In that case, which corresponds to the N = 0 version of (2.2), the IR

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xed point is at an imaginary value of g2 . 1 This is related to the lack of unitarity of

the xed point theory. Using the one-loop beta functions for g1 and g2 , we will show

in Section 2.3 that for large N the IR stable xed point instead occurs for real values

of the couplings, thus removing conict with unitarity. Remarkably, such unitary

xed points exist only for N > 1038. As we show in Section 2.4, for N ≤ 1038 the

IR stable xed point becomes complex, and the theory is no longer unitary. Thus,

the breakdown of the large N expansion in d = 6− occurs at a very large value,

Ncrit = 1038. We will provide evidence, however, that for the physically interesting

dimension d = 5, Ncrit is much smaller.

Besides its intrinsic interest, the O(N ) invariant scalar CFT in d=5 has inter-

esting applications to higher spin AdS/CFT dualities. There exists a class of Vasiliev

theories in AdSd+1 [41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46] that is naturally conjectured to be dual to

the O(N ) singlet sector of the d-dimensional CFT of N free scalars [47, 23]. In order to

λ
extend the duality to interacting CFT's, one adds the O(N ) invariant term
4
(φi φi )2 .
For d=3 this leads to the well-known Wilson-Fisher xed points [1, 2]. In the dual

description of these large N interacting theories, it is necessary to change the r−∆

boundary conditions on the scalar eld in AdS4 from the ∆− = 1 to ∆+ = 2+O(1/N )
[47]. The situation is very similar for the d=5 case, which should be dual to the

Vasiliev theory in AdS6 [23]. One can adopt the ∆+ = 3 boundary conditions on the

bulk scalar, which are necessary for the duality to the free O(N ) theory. Alterna-

tively, the ∆− = 2 + O(1/N ) are allowed as well [48, 49]. This suggests that the dual

interacting O(N ) CFT should exist in d = 5, at least for large N [36, 23]. Our RG

calculations lend further support to the existence of this interacting d=5 CFT.

In Sections 2.3 and 2.5, using one-loop calculations for the theory (2.2) in d = 6−,
we nd some IR operator dimensions to order , while keeping track of the dependence
on 1/N to any desired order. We will then match our results with the 1/N expansions

1 Renormalization group calculations for similar cubic theories in d = 6− were carried out in
[38, 39, 40].

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 3dFCriticalFO(N)FCFT 5dFCriticalFO(N)FCFT

2 4 6

2+ϵFexpansion 4-ϵFexpansion 4+ϵFexpansion 6-ϵFexpansion d

inFNLσM inF+ϕ4Ftheory inF-ϕ4Ftheory inFcubicFtheory

Figure 2.1: Interacting unitary O(N ) symmetric scalar CFT's exist for dimensions
2 < d < 6, with d = 4 excluded. In 6− and 4− dimensions they may be described as

weakly coupled IR xed points of the cubic and quartic scalar theories, respectively.

In 4+ and 2+ dimensions they are weakly coupled UV xed points of the quartic

theory and of the O(N ) Non-linear σ Model, respectively.

derived for the (φi φi )2 theory in [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12], evaluating them in d = 6−.
The perfect match of the coecients in these two 1/N expansions provides convincing

evidence that the IR xed point of the cubic O(N ) theory (2.2) indeed describes the

same physics as the UV xed point of the (φi φi )2 theory. Our results thus provide

evidence that, at least for large N, the interacting unitary O(N ) symmetric scalar

CFT's exist not only for 2 < d < 4, but also for 4 < d < 6. In Fig. 1 we sketch the

entire available range 2 < d < 6, pointing out the various perturbative descriptions

of the CFT's where  expansions have been developed.

In Section 2.6 we discuss the large N results for CT , the coecient of the two-

point function of the stress-energy tensor [12]. We note that, as d approaches 6, CT

approaches that of the free theory of N +1 scalar elds. This gives further evidence

for our proposal that the IR xed point of (2.2) describes the O(N ) symmetric CFT.

We show that the RG ow from this interacting CFT to the free theory of N scalars

provides a counter example to the conjectured CT theorem. On the other hand, the

ve-dimensional version of the F -theorem [50] holds for this RG ow.

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 Our discussion of the (φi φi )2 scalar theory in the range 4<d<6 is analogous to

the much earlier results [26, 27, 3] about the Gross-Neveu model [25] in the range 2<
d < 4. The latter is a U (Ñ ) invariant theory of Ñ Dirac fermions with an irrelevant

quartic interaction (ψ̄ i ψ i )2 . Using the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation, it is

not hard to show that this model has a UV xed point, at least for large Ñ [3].

This CFT was conjectured [51, 52] to be dual to the type B Vasiliev theory in AdS4

with appropriate boundary conditions. An alternative, UV complete description of

this CFT is via the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa (GNY) model [26, 27, 3], which is a theory

of Ñ Dirac fermions coupled to a scalar eld σ with U (Ñ ) invariant interactions

g1 σ ψ̄ i ψ i + g2 σ 4 /24. This description is weakly coupled in d = 4 − , and it is not

hard to show that the one-loop beta functions have an IR stable xed point for any

positive Ñ . The operator dimensions at this xed point match the large Ñ treatment

of the Gross-Neveu model [53]. These results will be reviewed in Section 2.7, where

we also discuss tests of the 3-d F-theorem [54, 50] provided by the GNY model.

2.2 Summary of large N results for the critical O(N )

CFT
In chapter 1, we derived the anomalous dimensions of φ and σ to rst order in 1/N .
However, at higher orders in the 1/N expansion, a straightforward diagrammatic

approach becomes rather cumbersome. However, the conformal bootstrap method

developed in papers by A. N. Vasiliev and collaborators [4, 5, 6] has allowed to

compute the anomalous dimension of φi to order 1/N 3 and that of σ to order 1/N 2 .
These results have been successfully matched to all available orders in the d=2+
and d = 4− expansions, providing a strong test of their correctness. The explicit

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 form of η2 in general dimensions, dened as in (1.20), reads [4, 5]:
2

η2 = 2η12 (f1 + f2 + f3 ) ;
µ2 + µ − 1 µ 0 µ(3 − µ)
f1 = v 0 (µ) + , f2 = v (µ) + ,
2µ(µ − 1) 2−µ 2(2 − µ)2
µ(2µ − 3) 0 2µ(µ − 1)
f3 = v (µ) + ;
2−µ 2−µ
v 0 (µ) = ψ(2 − µ) + ψ(2µ − 2) − ψ(µ − 2) − ψ(2) ,
Γ0 (x) d
ψ(x) = , µ= . (2.3)
Γ(x) 2

The expressions for the dimension of σ at order 1/N 2 [5] and for the coecient η3
[6] in arbitrary dimensions are lengthy and we do not report them explicitly here.
3

However, since they are useful to test our general picture, we write below the explicit

-expansions of ∆φ and ∆σ in d = 6 − , including all known terms in the 1/N

expansion:

   
 1 44 1936 11 835 16352
∆φ = 2 − + + 2+ + ...  − + + + . . . 2 + O(3 )(2.4)
2 N N N3 12N 6N 2 N3

and

   
40 6800 104 34190
∆σ = 2 + + + ...  − + + . . . 2 + O(3 ) . (2.5)
N N2 3N 3N 2

In the next section, we will show that the order  terms precisely match the one-loop

anomalous dimensions at the IR xed point of the cubic theory (2.2) in d = 6 − .

Higher orders in  should be compared to higher loop contributions in the d=6−
cubic theory, and it would be interesting to match them as well.

2 Ref. [5] contains an apparent typo: in the denition of the function v 0 (µ) given in Eq. (21),
α=µ−1 should be replaced by α = µ − 2. The correct formula for η2 may be found in the earlier
paper [4].
3 Note that [5] derives a result for the critical exponentν , which is related to the dimension of σ
1
by ∆σ = d − ν . We also note that a misprint in eq. (22) of [6] has been later corrected in eq. (11)
of [53].

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 Using the results in [4, 5, 6, 53] we may also compute the dimension of φi and

σ directly in the physical dimension d = 5. The term of order 1/N 3 depends on a

non-trivial self-energy integral that was not evaluated for general dimension in [6].

An explicit derivation of this integral in general d was later obtained in [55]. Using

that result, we nd in d=5

3 32 1427456
∆φ = + 2
−
2 15π N
 3375π 4 N 2 
275255197696 89735168 32768 ln 4 229376ζ(3) 1
+ 6
− 4
+ 4
− 6
+ ...
759375π 2025π 9π 3π N3
3 0.216152 4.342 121.673
= + − − + ... (2.6)
2 N N2 N3

and

512 2048 (12625π 2 − 113552)

∆σ = 2 + + + ... (2.7)
5π 2 N 1125π 4 N 2
10.3753 206.542
=2+ + + ... (2.8)
N N2

We note that the coecients of the 1/N expansion are considerably larger than

in the d = 3 case.
4 Assuming the result (3.54) to order 1/N 3 , one nds that the

dimension of φi goes below unitarity at Ncrit = 35. This is much lower than the value

Ncrit = 1038 that we will nd in d = 6−. This is just a rough estimate, since the 1/N
expansion is only asymptotic and should be analyzed with care. Note for instance

that in the d = 3 case, a similar estimate to order 1/N 3 would suggest a critical value

Ncrit = 3, while in fact there is no lower bound: at N = 1 we have the 3d Ising

model, where it is known [56, 17, 18, 57] that ∆φ ≈ 0.518 > 1/2. Nevertheless, the

reduction from a very large value Ncrit = 1038 in d = 6− to a much smaller critical

value in d=5 is not unexpected. For instance, an analogous phenomenon is known

to occur in the Abelian Higgs model containing Nf complex scalars. A xed point in

4 Ind = 3, one nds [5, 4, 6] (see also [18]) ∆φ = 1

+ 0.135095
− 0.0973367
− 0.940617
+ O(1/N 4 )
2 N N2 N3
and ∆σ = 2 − 1.08076
N − 3.0476
N2
3
+ O(1/N ).

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d=4− exists only for Nf ≥ 183 [58, 3], while non-perturbative studies directly in

d=3 suggest a much lower critical value of Nf . 5 Some evidence for the reduction

in the critical value of Nf as d is decreased comes from calculations of higher order

corrections in  [59]. It would be nice to study such corrections for the O(N ) theory

in 6− dimensions. It would also be very interesting to explore the 5d xed point at

nite N by numerical bootstrap methods similar to what has been done in d=3 in

[18]. For the non-unitary theory with N =0 such bootstrap studies were carried out

very recently [60].

6

The large N critical O(N ) theory in general d was further studied in a series of

works by Lang and Ruhl [7, 8, 9, 10] and Petkou [11, 12]. Using conformal symmetry

and self-consistency of the OPE expansion, various results about the operator spec-

trum of the critical theory were derived. As an example of interest to us, [10] derived

an explicit formula for the anomalous dimension of the operator σk (the k -th power

of the auxiliary eld), which reads

2k(d − 1) ((k − 1)d2 + d + 4 − 3kd) η1 1

∆(σ k ) = 2k − + O( 2 ) (2.9)
d−4 N N

where η1 is the 1/N anomalous dimension of φi given in (1.21). In d = 6 − , this

gives


∆(σ k ) = 2k + (130k − 90k 2 ) + O(2 ) . (2.10)
N

For k = 2, 3, we will be able to match this result with the one-loop operator mixing

calculations in the cubic theory (2.2).

5 We thank D. T. Son for bringing this to our attention.

6 After the original version of this paper appeared, a bootstrap study of the O(N ) model in d = 5
was carried out in [61] with very encouraging results.

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 In [11, 12], explicit results for the 3-point function coecients gφφσ and gσ 3 were

also derived. These are dened by the correlation functions

gφφσ
hφi (x1 )φj (x2 )σ(x3 )i = 2∆ −∆
δ ij .
|x12 | φ σ |x23 |∆σ |x13 |∆σ
(2.11)
gσ3
hσ(x1 )σ(x2 )σ(x3 )i =
(|x12 ||x23 ||x13 |)∆σ

The coecient gφφσ was given in [11, 12] to order 1/N 2 and arbitrary d. Expanding

that result to leading order in  = 6 − d, we nd

 
2 6 44 1
gφφσ = 1+ + O( 2 ) . (2.12)
N N N

This result indeed matches the value of the coupling g12 in (2.2) at the IR xed point,

as will be shown in the next section. To leading order in 1/N , the 3-point function

coecient gσ3 is related to gφφσ by [11]

gσ3 = 2(d − 3)gφφσ , (2.13)

g2∗
which, as we will see, is precisely consistent with the ratio
g1∗
= 6 + O(1/N ) of the

coupling constants at the d=6− IR xed point.

2.3 The IR xed point of the cubic theory in d = 6−

In this section, we show that the interacting scalar theory with Lagrangian (2.2) has a

perturbative large N IR xed point in d = 6 − , and compute the anomalous dimen-

sions of the fundamental elds φi and σ at the xed point. The theory (2.2) has an

obvious O(N ) symmetry, with the N -component vector φi , i = 1, . . . , N transforming

in the fundamental representation. Note that g1 and g2 are classically marginal in

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d = 6, and have dimension 2
in d = 6 − . The Feynman rules of the theory are shown

in Figure 2.2.

δij
i j 1
φ p2 σ
p2

−g1 δij −g2

Figure 2.2: Feynman rules of the theory in Euclidean space.

It is not hard to compute the one-loop beta functions β1 , β2 for the couplings

g1 , g2 . The relevant one-loop diagrams needed to compute the counter terms δφ , δσ ,

δg1 for the σφφ coupling, and δg2 for the σ3 coupling are given in Figure 2.3. Note

that Gm,n denote the Green's function with mφ elds and nσ elds. The one-loop

diagrams are labeled 1 through 7 for convenience.

Let us begin with the computation of diagram 1 in Figure 2.3

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Z
2 dd k 1 1 2 p2 g12 Γ(3 − d/2)
D1 = (−g1 ) = −g1 I1 = − . (2.14)
(2π)d (p + k)2 k 2 (4π)3 6 (M 2 )3−d/2

Here we have used the renormalization condition p2 = M 2 . This has a 1/ pole in

d=6− which must be canceled by the counter term −p2 δφ . So we get:

1 g12 Γ(3 − d/2)

δφ = − . (2.15)
(4π)3 6 (M 2 )3−d/2

For δσ , we have two one-loop diagrams (2 and 3). However, other than having

dierent coupling constant factors, the integrals are identical to diagram 1. Note that

7 We will state approximate expressions for the one-loop integrals I and I that are sucient for
1 2
extracting the log M 2 terms in d = 6 − . The more precise expressions are given in Appendix A.

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 G2,0 = + 1 + + ···
−p2 δφ

G0,2 = + + + ···
3
−p2 δσ

G2,1 = + + + ···

5 −δg1

G0,3 = + + + ···

7 −δg2

Figure 2.3: Diagrams contributing to the 1-loop β -functions.

these two diagrams have a symmetry factor of 2, and there is a factor of N associated

with the φ loop in diagram 3. So, we have:

1 2 N 2 N g12 + g22
D2 + D3 = (−g2 ) I1 + (−g1 ) I1 = − I1 . (2.16)
2 2 2

We arrive at the following expression for δσ :

1 N g12 + g22 Γ(3 − d/2)

δσ = − . (2.17)
(4π)3 12 (M 2 )3−d/2

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 Now let us compute corrections to the 3-point functions. Diagram 4 gives:

Z
2 dd k 1 1 1
D4 = (−g1 ) (−g2 )
(2π) (k − p) (k + q) k 2
d 2 2

−g12 g2 Γ(3 − d/2)

= −g12 g2 I2 = , (2.18)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

where I2 is computed in Appendix A. Diagram 5 is again exactly the same as diagram

4, except for the coupling factors:

Z
dd k
3 1 1 1
D5 = (−g1 )
(2π) (k − p) (k + q) k 2
d 2 2

−g13 Γ(3 − d/2)

= −g13 I2 = . (2.19)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

The divergences in D4 and D5 must be canceled by the −δg1 counterterm. So we get

g13 + g12 g2 Γ(3 − d/2)

δg1 = − . (2.20)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

Finally, we calculate δg2 . The diagrams have the same topology, and just dier in

the coupling factors. Also, in diagram 6, we have a factor of N from the φ loop. So

we nd

D6 + D7 = N (−g1 )3 I2 + (−g2 )3 I2
−(N g13 + g23 ) Γ(3 − d/2)
= −(N g13 + g23 )I2 = . (2.21)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

This term is canceled by −δg2 , so we have

N g13 + g23 Γ(3 − d/2)

δg2 = − . (2.22)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

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 The Callan-Symanzik equation for the Green's function Gm,n is:

∂ ∂ ∂
(M + β1 + β2 + mγφ + nγσ )Gm,n = 0 (2.23)
∂M ∂g1 ∂g2

Let's rst apply it to G2,0 . Then, to leading order in perturbation theory, the Callan-

Symanzik equation simplies to

1 ∂ 1
− M δ φ + 2γφ = 0, (2.24)
p2 ∂M p2

which gives the anomalous dimension of φi

1 ∂ 1 g12
γφ = M δφ = . (2.25)
2 ∂M (4π)3 6

Note that γ1 > 0 as long as the coupling constant g1 is real. Analogously, we obtain

the σ anomalous dimension

1 ∂ 1 N g12 + g22
γσ = M δσ = . (2.26)
2 ∂M (4π)3 12

Now we can compute the β functions for g1 and g2 . We have

 ∂ 1
β1 = − g1 + M (−δg1 + g1 (2δφ + δσ )) , (2.27)
2 ∂M 2

where the rst term accounts for the bare dimension of g1 in d = 6 − . After some

simple algebra, we obtain

 (N − 8)g13 − 12g12 g2 + g1 g22

β1 = − g1 + . (2.28)
2 12(4π)3

Notice that when N  1, β1 is positive.

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 Finally, let us compute β2 . The Callan-Symanzik equation gives:

 ∂ 1
β2 = − g2 + M (−δg2 + g2 (3δσ )) , (2.29)
2 ∂M 2

and so

 −4N g13 + N g12 g2 − 3g23

β2 = − g2 + . (2.30)
2 4(4π)3

As a check, let us note that for N =0 the beta function for g2 in d=6 reduces to

3g23
β2 = − , (2.31)
4(4π)3

which is the correct result for the single scalar cubic eld theory in d = 6.
The single scalar cubic eld theory in d = 6− has no xed points at real

coupling, due to the negative sign of the beta function (2.31). It has a xed point at

imaginary coupling, which is conjectured to be related by dimensional continuation

to the Yang-Lee edge singularity [37]. However, as we now show, for suciently large

N, our model has a stable interacting IR xed point. Note that for large N the beta

functions simplify to

 N g13
β1 = − g1 + (2.32)
2 12(4π)3
 −4N g13 + N g12 g2
β2 = − g2 + . (2.33)
2 4(4π)3

This can be solved to get

8

r
6(4π)3
g1∗ = (2.34)
N
g2∗ = 6g1∗ . (2.35)

8 There is also a physically equivalent solution with the opposite signs of g1 , g2 .

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It is straightforward to compute the subleading corrections at large N by solving the

exact beta function equations (4.5), (3.15) in powers of 1/N . This yields

r  
6(4π)3 22 726 326180
g1∗= 1+ + 2 − + ... (2.36)
N N N N3
r  
∗ 6(4π)3 162 68766 41224420
g2 = 6 1+ + + + ... . (2.37)
N N N2 N3

Note that the coecients in this expansion appear to increase quite rapidly. This

suggests that the large N expansion may break down at some nite N. Indeed, we

will see in Section 2.4 that this large N IR xed point disappears at N ≤ 1038 (the

coupling constants go o to the complex plane). For all values of N ≥ 1039, the

xed point has real couplings and is IR stable, see Section 2.4. At large N, the IR

∂βi
stability of the xed point can be seen from the fact that the matrix evaluated
∂gj

at the xed point has two positive eigenvalues. These eigenvalues are in fact related

to the dimensions of the two eigenstates coming from the operator mixing of σ3 and

σφi φi operators, as will be discussed in more detail in Section 2.5.2.

We can now use the values of the xed point couplings to compute the dimensions

of the elementary elds φi and σ in the IR. From (2.25) and (2.26) we obtain

d  1 (g1∗ )2
∆φ = − 1 + γφ = 2 − +
2 2 (4π)3 6
  44 1936
=2− + + 2 + + ... (2.38)
2 N N N3

and

d  1 N (g1∗ )2 + (g2∗ )2
∆σ = − 1 + γσ = 2 − +
2 2 (4π)3 12
40 6800
=2+ + + ... (2.39)
N N2

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Note that both dimensions are above the unitarity bound in d = 6 − , namely

d
∆ > 2
− 1, since the anomalous dimensions are positive. Moreover, note that the

order  term in the dimension of σ cancels out and we nd ∆σ = 2 + O(1/N ). This is

in perfect agreement with the large N description of the critical O(N ) CFT. In that

approach, the eld σ corresponds to the composite operator φi φi , whose dimension

goes from ∆ = d−2 at the free xed point to d − ∆ + O(1/N ) = 2 + O(1/N ) at the

interacting xed point. Furthermore, comparing (2.38), (2.39) with (2.4), (2.5), we

see that the coecients of the 1/N expansion precisely match the available results

for the large N critical O(N ) theory [5, 4, 6] expanded at d = 6 − . This is a strong

test that the IR xed point of the cubic theory in d = 6− is identical at large N to

the dimensional continuation of the critical point of the (φi φi )2 theory.

We may also match the values of the xed point couplings (2.36),(2.37) with the

large N results (2.12), (2.13) for the 3-point functions coecients in the critical O(N )
theory. At leading order in , the 3-point functions in our cubic model simply come

from a tree level calculation, and it is straightforward to verify the agreement of (2.36)

with (2.12),
9 and that the ratio g1∗ /g2∗ = 6 at leading order at large N agrees with

(2.13).

2.4 Analysis of xed points at nite N

In this section we analyze the one-loop xed points for general N. First, let us dene:

r
6(4π)3
g1 ≡ x, (2.40)

r N
6(4π)3
g2 ≡ y. (2.41)
N
9 An overall normalization factor comes from the normalization of the massless scalar propagators
in d = 6.

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After this, the vanishing of the β -functions (4.5), (3.15) gives

N x = (N − 8)x3 − 12x2 y + xy 2 , (2.42)

N y = −12N x3 + 3N x2 y − 9y 3 . (2.43)

These equations have 9 solutions if we allow x and y to be complex. One of

them is the trivial solution (0, 0). Two of them are purely imaginary; they occur at
q
N
(0, ± 9
i). There are no simple expressions for the remaining six solutions, but it is
straightforward to study them numerically.

Two of them are real solutions in the second and fourth quadrant: (−x1 , y1 ) and

(x1 , −y1 ), with x1 , y1 > 0. They exist for any N, but they are not IR stable (they are

saddles, i.e. there is one positive and one negative direction in the coupling space).

They can be seen in both the bottom left and right graphs in Figure 2.4, corresponding

to N = 2000 and N = 500 respectively.

The behavior of the remaining four solutions changes depending on the value of N.
For N ≤ 1038, we nd that all four solutions are complex. The bottom right graph

of Figure 2.4 shows that for N = 500 there are indeed only the two real solutions

present for any N discussed above.

For N ≥ 1039, all four of these solutions become real, and they lie in the rst and
third quadrants: they have the form (x3 , y3 ), (x4 , y4 ), (−x3 , −y3 ), (−x4 , −y4 ), with

x3 , y3 , x4 , y4 > 0. To display the typical behavior of the solutions with N ≥ 1039, in

the bottom left graph of Figure 2.4 we plot the zeroes of β1 , β2 for N = 2000, with

regions of their signs labeled. Combining these, we can get the ow directions in each

of these regions in the bottom left graph. We nd that for all N ≥ 1039, we have two
stable IR xed points that are symmetric with respect to the origin, and are labelled

as red dots in the gure. These correspond to the large N solution (2.36)-(2.37), and

its equivalent solution with opposite signs of the couplings. For very large N, we see

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that these solutions satisfy g2∗ = 6g1∗ as in (2.35). The origin is a UV stable xed

point, and from the direction of the renormalization group ow we can see that all

other xed points are saddle points: they have one stable direction and one unstable

direction.

It is interesting to treat N as a continuous parameter and solve for the value Ncrit
where the real IR stable xed points disappear. First, we notice that we can factor

out x in (2.42), eectively making it quadratic. Moreover, if we subtract (2.43) from

y
x
times (2.42), we will cancel the Ny term, making the second beta function equation

a homogeneous equation of order 3. After some more manipulation, we obtain:

N = (N − 44)x2 + (6x − y)2 (2.44)

N x2 (6x − y) − y(4x2 − 4y 2 + (6x − y)y) = 0 . (2.45)

It is convenient to rewrite these equations in terms of the following variables

x = α, y = β + 6α . (2.46)

After some algebra, we get:

(N − 44)α2 + β 2 = N (2.47)

α3 α2 α
840 3
+ (464 − N ) 2
+ 84 + 5 = 0 . (2.48)
β β β

Ncrit occurs when the curves dened by the two equations are tangent to each other.

Notice that we have eectively decoupled the two equations, since if we write z = α/β ,
we get

α2 (N − 44 + z −2 ) = N (2.49)

840z 3 + (464 − N )z 2 + 84z + 5 = 0 , (2.50)

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We can just rst solve the second equation, then easily solve the rst. To determine

the critical N, we want the second equation to have exactly one real root, thus we

require its discriminant to be zero:

∆ = 18abcd − 4b3 d + b2 c2 − 4ac3 − 27a2 d2 = 0 , (2.51)

where a, b , c , d are the coecients of the cubic equation:

a = 840 , b = 464 − N , c = 84 , d = 5. (2.52)

We then arrive at a cubic equation in terms of N:

∆ = 20N 3 − 20784N 2 + 19392N + 1856 = 0 . (2.53)

We can easily write down an analytic expression for N, and we nd

Ncrit = 1038.2660492... . (2.54)

Our numerical solution of the equations is consistent with this value.

For completeness, we now discuss the large N behavior of the four xed points

which are not IR stable (two of them are present for any N, and two of them only

N > Ncrit ). They are obtained if we assume that,

for as N → ∞, x is O(1) and y is

√
O( N ). Then, at the leading order in N , we get:

N x = N x3 + xy 2 , N y = 3N x2 y − 9y 3 . (2.55)

q q √ q q √ q q √
This can be solved to get four solutions: ( 6 , 6 N ), (− 6 , 6 N ), ( 6 , − 16 N ),
5 1 5 1 5
q q √
5 1
(− 6
,− 6
N ). They correspond to the four real xed points at large N that are

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Figure 2.4: (a) zeros of β1 at N = 2000. (b) zeros of β2 N = 2000. (c)
at RG ow

directions at N = 2000. (d) only two non-trivial real solutions at N = 500.

saddle points. Using the equation from β1 , we can also check that:

 
  N x2 + y 2
∆σ = 2 − +
2 2 N
√
5 1
= 2 ± √  + O( ) . (2.56)
N N

The √ correction does not correspond to the conventional large N behavior.

N

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2.5 Operator mixing and anomalous dimensions

2.5.1 The mixing of σ2 and φiφi operators

φ i i
Let us compute the anomalous dimension matrix for operators O1 = √ φ and O2 = σ 2 ,
N
√
where the N in the denominator is to ensure that the two-point functions of O1
and O2 are of the same order. They both have classical dimension 4− in d = 6 − ,
so we expect them to mix.

Consider the operators O1 , and O2 renormalized according to the convention

shown in Figure 2.5.

1 1
= hφ(p)φ(q)φ2 (p + q)i = p2 q 2

1 1
= hσ(p)σ(q)σ 2 (p + q)i = p2 q 2

Figure 2.5: Renormalization conditions for the operators O1 and O2 .

Let OiM denote the operator renormalized at scale M, and Oi0 denote the bare

operator. We are looking for expressions similar to (18.53) of [62], i.e. of the form:

O1M = O10 + δ 11 O10 + δ 12 O20 + δφ O10 (2.57)

O2M = O20 + δ 21 O10 + δ 22 O20 + δσ O20 . (2.58)

The δ ij counterterms in the above equations are obtained by extracting the loga-

rithmic divergence from the diagrams shown in Figure 2.6, while the δφ O10 and δσ O20
terms correspond to external leg corrections, which are omitted in Figure 2.6.

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    
= +  +  +  + 

δ 11 δ 12
   
= +  +  +  + 

δ 21 δ 22

Figure 2.6: Matrix elements of operators O1 and O2 to 1-loop order.

Each of the terms δ ij is given by canceling the divergent pieces of two of the above

diagrams, as shown. For example, let us compute the rst diagram of the δ 11 counter

term in Figure 2.6. We have:

Z
2 dd k 1 1 1
D1 = (−g1 )
(2π) (k − p) (k + q) k 2
d 2 2

g12 Γ(3 − d/2)

= (−g1 )2 I2 = . (2.59)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

Next, we compute the second diagram of the δ 11 counter term. Notice that there is a

symmetry factor of 2, and also a factor of N from a closed φ loop.

Z
N 2 dd k 1 1 1
D2 = (−g1 )
2 (2π) (p + k) k 2 p2
d 2

N g12 1 1 N g12 Γ(3 − d/2)

= I1 2 = − . (2.60)
2 p (4π)3 12 (M 2 )3−d/2

These two terms are canceled by δ 11 ; therefore, to leading order in  we have

 
11 g12 N g12 Γ(3 − d/2)
δ = − + . (2.61)
2(4π)3 12(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

Similarly, we can calculate the other three δ ij . The integrals are the same, only

the factors of coupling constants and N (due to closed φ loops) are dierent. With

√
our normalization convention of O1 , we need to multiply δ 12 by a factor of N, and

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 √
divide δ 21 by a factor of N. Then the matrix is symmetric, δ 21 = δ 12 , and we nd

√ √ !
12 N g12 N g1 g2 Γ(3 − d/2)
δ = − + , (2.62)
2(4π)3 1(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

 
22 g22 g22 Γ(3 − d/2)
δ = − + . (2.63)
2(4π)3 12(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

Thus, the matrix δ ij is

 
√ 2 √
1 Γ(3 − d/2)  + −6g12 N g12 −6 N g1 + N g1 g2 
δ ij =  √ √ . (2.64)
12(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2 −6 N g12 + N g1 g2 2 2
−6g2 + g2

The anomalous dimension matrix is given by

∂
γ ij = M (−δ ij + δzij ) , (2.65)
∂M

where we have dened  

 δφ 0 
δzij =  . (2.66)

0 δσ

Now, using expressions for δφ and δσ from (2.15), (2.17) , we get:

 
√ 2 √
−1  − 4g12 N g12 6 N g 1 − N g 1 g2 
γ ij = 3  √ √ . (2.67)
6(4π) 6 N g12 − N g1 g2 4g22 − N g12

The eigenvalues of this matrix will give the dimensions of the two eigenstates arising

from the mixing of operators O1 and O2 .

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 After plugging in the coupling constants at the IR xed point from (2.36) and

(2.37), and keeping its entries to order 1/N , the matrix elements of γ ij become:

 
√ 2 √
−1  4g12
− N g12 6 N g1 − N g1 g2 
γ ij =  √ √  (2.68)
6(4π)3 6 N g12 − N g1 g2 4g22 − N g12

 
40 840
 1+ N N 3/2 
=  . (2.69)
840 100
N 3/2
1− N

To order 1/N , the o-diagonal terms do not aect the eigenvalues, and we get the

scaling dimensions

 
100 1
∆− = d − 2 + γ− = 4 − +O
N N2
  (2.70)
40 1
∆+ = d − 2 + γ+ = 4 + +O
N N2

with the explicit eigenstates given by

√
+ N 1
O = O + O2 (2.71)
6

−6
O− = √ O1 + O2 . (2.72)
N

Satisfyingly, we see that to this order the dimension ∆− precisely matches the dimen-

sion of the only primary eld of dimension near 4 in the large N UV xed point of

the quartic theory. It was determined using large N methods in [10], and corresponds

to k = 2 in (2.10). Since there are no other primaries of dimension 4 + O(1/N ) in the

critical theory, we expect that the other dimension ∆+ corresponds to a descendant.

Comparing (4.26) with (2.39), we see that to this order ∆+ = 2 + ∆σ , so that the

eigenstate with eigenvalue γ+ is indeed a descendant of σ.

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 We can actually show that ∆+ = 2 + ∆σ to all orders in 1/N (and for all xed

points) just using the β -function equations. To start, we redene our variables as

(2.40), (2.41). With this denition, the condition satised by x and y at the IR xed

point is given in (2.42), (2.43), or

8 2 12 1
1 = x2 − x − xy + y 2 (2.73)
N N N
x3 9
1 = −12 + 3x2 − y 2 . (2.74)
y N

The anomalous dimension matrix in this notation becomes

 
4 2 √1 (xy
 x2 − N
x N
− 6x2 ) 
γ ij =   , (2.75)
√1 (xy − 6x )2 2 4 2
x − Ny
N

which has eigenvalues

4 2
p
(2x2 − N
x − N4 y 2 ) ± |γ|
λ± = , (2.76)
2

where |γ| is the determinant, given by:

144 4 48 3 4 16 32 16
|γ| = x − x y + x2 y 2 + 2 x 4 − 2 x2 y 2 + 2 y 4 . (2.77)
N N N N N N

Also, from the rst line of (2.39), we see that in terms of x and y the dimension ∆σ
becomes

   2
∆σ = 2 − + x2 + y , (2.78)
2 2 2N

Thus, we have to show that:

∆σ + 2 = 4 −  + λ+ (2.79)

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which, after some algebra, is seen to imply

4 2 5 p
1 − x2 + x + y 2 = |γ| . (2.80)
N N

Replacing (1 − x2 ) with (2.73), we have

4 2 12 6 p
− x − xy + y 2 = |γ| . (2.81)
N N N

Squaring both sides, and plugging in the expression for |γ|, we get that the following

equation is to hold for (2.79) to be true

1

36x4 − 12x3 y + x2 y 2 = 24x3 y + 32x2 y 2 − 36xy 3 + 5y 4 . (2.82)
N

To prove this equality, we again go back to (2.73) and (2.74). If we multiply both of

y2
these equations by 3xy − 2
and subtract the former from the latter, we get exactly

the expression above. Thus, ∆+ = 2 + ∆σ holds to all orders in 1/N .

2.5.2 The mixing of σ3 and σφiφi operators

Next, we would like to calculate the mixed anomalous dimensions of the ∆ = 6
operators, and show that they are all slightly irrelevant in d = 6 − . There are six

operators with ∆=6 at d = 6, they are:

1 σ(φi )2
O = √ , O2 = σ 3 , (2.83)
N
(∂φi )2
O3 = √ , O4 = (∂σ)2 , (2.84)
N
φi φi
O5 = √ , O6 = σσ. (2.85)
N

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However, in d = 6 − , O1 and O2 have bare dimensions 3 d−2
2
= 6 − 32 , while O3 , O4 ,
O5 , O6 have bare dimensions 2 + 2 d−2
2
= 6 − . Therefore, in d = 6 − , O1 and O2
mix with each other, and O3 , O4 , O5 , O6 mix with themselves.

We will compute the mixed anomalous dimensions of O1 and O2 . Using the

expressions for the β functions, (4.5), (3.15), we can very simply compute the mixed

anomalous dimension matrix by dierentiating them with respect to appropriately

normalized couplings (the rescaling is needed because two-point functions of O1 and

O2 are o by a factor of 3N ). After some algebra, we get:

 
3N g12 −24g12 −24g1 g2 +g22 −12g12 +2g1 g2 √
 − 2 + 12(4π)3 12(4π)3
3N 
M ij =  . (2.86)
−12g12 +2g1 g2 √ N g12 −9g22
12(4π)3
3N − 2 + 4(4π)3

We plug in the xed point value of g1 and g2 from (2.36) and (2.37) to get:

 
√
√ 3
840
  − 5040
N2
 + ... N N
+ ... 
M ij =  √ . (2.87)
840
√ 3  + ... 420 154560
N N
− N
 − N2
 + ...

Notice that at this IR xed point, both eigenvalues of M ij are positive, which implies

that the xed point is IR stable. This matrix has eigenvalues

3780 1
λ1 =  −  + O( ) (2.88)
N2 N3
420 155820 1
λ2 =  − − 2
 + O( 3 ) . (2.89)
N N N

The relation between scaling dimensions and the eigenvalues of the matrix is given

by
10

∆ = d + λ. (2.90)

10 As a simple test of this formula, note that at the free UV xed point the eigenvalues of (2.86)
are λ1 = λ2 = − 2 , giving dimensions ∆1 = ∆2 = 3(d/2 − 1) as it should be.

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Thus, the scaling dimensions of the mixture of the two operators are:

1
∆1 = d + λ1 = 6 + O( ) (2.91)
N2
420 1
∆2 = d + λ2 = 6 −  + O( 2 ) . (2.92)
N N

There are no O() correction to the scaling dimensions, as we expected. As a further

check, we note that ∆2 agrees with the dimension of the k = 3 primary operator

given in (2.10). In the large N Hubbard-Stratonovich approach, this operator is σ3

[10]. Our 1-loop calculation demonstrates the presence of another primary operator

whose dimension is ∆1 . Presumably, the corresponding operator in the Hubbard-

Stratonovich approach is (∂µ σ)2 .

We can also show that at the other xed points discussed in Section 2.4, M ij has

one positive and one negative eigenvalues. If we use (2.40), (2.41) and plug them into

(2.86), we get

 
√
 − 2 + 
2N
(3N x2 2
− 24x − 24xy + y ) 2 
2N
(−12x2 + 2xy) 3N 
M ij =  √ . (2.93)

2N
(−12x 2
+ 2xy) 3N − 2 + 2N
3
(N x2 − 9y 2 )

We have shown from solving (2.55) that

p p √
x = ± 5/6 , y=± 1/6 N . (2.94)

Plugging these in, we nd that the eigenvalues of M ij at these xed points are:

5
λ1 =  , λ2 = −  , (2.95)
3

which conrms our graphical analysis that all of these xed points are saddle points.

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2.6 Comments on CT and 5-d F theorem
A quantity of interest in a CFT is the coecient CT of the stress-tensor 2-point

function, which may be dened by

Iµν,ρσ (x12 )
hTµν (x1 )Tρσ (x2 )i = CT , (2.96)
x2d
12

where Iµν,ρσ (x12 ) is a tensor structure uniquely xed by conformal symmetry, see e.g.

[63]. For N free real scalar elds in dimension d with canonical normalization, one

Nd
has CT = (d−1)Sd2
, where Sd is the volume of the d-dimensional round sphere. In the

critical O(N ) theory, using large N methods one nds the result [11, 12]

 
Nd 1 1
CT = 1 + CT,1 + O( 2 )
(d − 1)Sd2 N N
 2
 (2.97)
2C(µ) µ + 3µ − 2 d
CT,1 = − + 2
η1 , µ=
µ+1 µ(µ − 1) 2

Γ0 (x)
where C(µ) = ψ(3 − µ) + ψ(2µ − 1) − ψ(1) − ψ(µ), and ψ(x) = Γ(x)
. It is interesting

to analyze the behavior of CT,1 in d = 6 − . The anomalous dimension η1 , given

in (1.21), is of order , but there is a pole in C(µ) from the term ψ(3 − µ) ∼ −2/.
Hence, one nds at d=6−

7
CT,1 = 1 −  + O(2 ) (2.98)
4

and so
 
d 7
CT = N + 1 −  + O(2 ) . (2.99)
(d − 1)Sd2 4

Thus, as d → 6, we nd the CT coecient of N +1 free real scalars. This provides

a nice check on our description of the critical O(N ) theory via the IR xed point of

(2.2). The O() correction may be calculated in this description as well, using the

1-loop xed point (2.36), (2.37), but we leave this for future work.

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 The appearance of an extra massless scalar eld as d → 6 is also suggested by

dimensional analysis. The dimension of σ is 2 + O(1/N ) in all d, so as d approaches 6,

it becomes the dimension of a free scalar eld. Then the two-derivative kinetic term

for σ (as well as the σ3 coupling) become classically marginal. Note also that the

negative sign of the order  correction in (2.99) implies that CT decreases from the

UV xed point of N + 1 free elds to the interacting IR xed point, consistently with
the idea that CT may be a measure of degrees of freedom [12]. However, expanding

CT in d = 4 + , one nds

 
d 5 2
CT = N −  + O(3 ) . (2.100)
(d − 1)Sd2 12

According to our interpretation, the critical theory in d = 4+ should be indentied

with the UV xed point of the −φ4 theory, while the IR xed point corresponds to

N free scalars. Then, (2.100) is seen to violate CTU V > CTIR . A plot of CT,1 in the

range 2<d<6 is given in Figure 2.7. Finally, let us quote the value of CT in the

interesting dimension d=5

 
5 1408
CTd=5 = N− . (2.101)
4S52 1575π 2

Again, we observe that this value is consistent with CTU V > CTIR for the ow from the

free UV theory of N + 1 massless scalars to the interacting xed point, but not for the
ow from the interacting xed point to the free IR theory of N massless scalars. Thus,

the latter ow provides a non-supersymmetric counterexample against the possibility

of a CT theorem (for a supersymmetric counterexample, see [64]). In contrast, the

5-dimensional F-theorem holds for both ows, as we discuss below.

It was proposed in [50] (see also [65, 66]) that, for any odd dimensional Euclidean

CFT, the quantity

d+1 d−1
F̃ = (−1) 2 F = (−1) 2 log ZS d , (2.102)

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 CT,1
1.0

0.5

d
3 4 5 6

- 0.5

- 1.0

Figure 2.7: The O(N 0 ) CT,1 in the coecient CT of the stress tensor two-
correction

point function in the critical O(N ) theory for 2 < d < 6; see (2.97). Note that CT,1
crit
is negative for 2 < d . 5.22, so that in this range of dimensions CT < N CTfree sc.
for large N . Therefore, the CT theorem is respected in 2 < d < 4, but violated for

4 < d . 5.22.

should decrease under RG ows

F̃U V > F̃IR . (2.103)

Here F = − log ZS d is the free energy of the CFT on the round sphere, which is a

nite number after the power law UV divergences are regulated away (for instance,

by ζ -function or dimensional regularization). Note that when we put the CFT on the

sphere, we have to add the conformal coupling of the scalar elds to the Sd curvature.

This eectively renders the vacuum metastable, both in the case of the −φ4 theory

and in the cubic theory. Similarly, the CFT is metastable on R × S d−1 , which is

relevant for calculating the scaling dimensions of operators.

For d=3 (where F̃ = F ), the F-theorem (2.103) was proved in [67]. However,

higher dimensional versions are less well established. Using the results of this chapter

we can provide a simple new test of the 5d version of the F-theorem (in this case

F̃ = −F ). As we have argued, the 5d critical O(N ) theory can be viewed as either

the IR xed point of the cubic theory (2.2) or the UV xed point of the quartic scalar

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theory. This implies that F̃ should satisfy

N F̃free sc. < F̃crit. < (N + 1)F̃free sc. , (2.104)

where F̃free sc. is minus the free energy of a 5d free conformal scalar [50]

log 2 ζ(3) 15ζ(5)

F̃free sc. = + − ' 0.00574 . (2.105)
128 128π 2 256π 4

The value of F at the critical point can be calculated perturbatively in 1/N by

introducing the Hubbard-Stratonovich auxiliary eld as reviewed in Section 2. The

leading O(N ) term is the same as in the free theory, while the O(N 0 ) term arises from
the determinant of the non-local kinetic operator for the auxiliary eld [24, 68, 50].

The result is [23]

 
3ζ(5) + π 2 ζ(3) 1
F̃crit. = N F̃free sc. + +O . (2.106)
96π 2 N

The same answer may be obtained by computing the ratio of determinants for the

bulk scalar eld in the AdS6 Vasiliev theory with alternate boundary conditions [23].

We see that the left inequality in (2.104) is satised, since the O(N 0 ) correction

in (2.106) is positive (this check was already made in [23]). More non-trivially, we

3ζ(5)+π 2 ζ(3)
observe that the right inequality also holds, because
96π 2
' 0.001601 is smaller
than the value of F̃ for one free scalar, eq. (2.105).

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2.7 Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model and a test of 3-d F-
theorem
The action of the Gross-Neveu (GN) model [25] is given by

Z  
d i/ i 1 i i 2
S(ψ̄, ψ) = − d x ψ̄ ∂ ψ + g(ψ̄ ψ ) . (2.107)
2

Here N = Ñ tr1, where tr1 is the trace of the identity in the Dirac matrix space, and

Ñ is the number of Dirac fermion elds ψ i (i = 1, . . . , Ñ ). The parameter N counts

the actual number of fermion components, and it is the natural parameter to write

down the 1/N expansion (factors of tr1 never appear in the expansion coecients if

N is used as the expansion parameter).

The beta functions and anomalous dimensions of this model in d = 2+ can be

calculated to be (see, for instance, [3])

g2 g3
β(g) = g − (N − 2) + (N − 2) 2 + O(g 4 ) (2.108)
2π 4π
N − 1 2 (N − 1)(N − 2) 3
ηψ (g) = 2
g − 3
g + O(g 4 ) (2.109)
8π 32π
N −1 N −1 2
ηM (g) = g− g + O(g 3 ), (2.110)
2π 8π 2

where ηM is related to the anomalous dimension of the composite eld σ = ψ̄ψ . We

can solve the beta function for the critical value of g at the xed point:

 
∗ 2π 
g =  1− + O(3 ) . (2.111)
N −2 N −2

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Plugging this value of g∗, we can nd the dimensions of the fermion eld and the

composite eld:

1+ N −1 2
∆ψ = d − 1 + ηψ (g ∗ ) = + 2
 + O(3 ) , (2.112)
2 4(N − 2)

∆σ = d − 1 − ηM (g ∗ ) = 1 − + O(2 ) . (2.113)
N −2

The UV xed point of the GN model in 2 < d < 4 dimensions is related to the IR
xed point of the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa (GNY) model, which has the following action

[26, 27, 3]

Z  
d i 1 2


g2 4 i
S(ψ̄, ψ, σ) = d x −ψ̄ ∂/ + g1 σ ψ + (∂µ σ) + σ . (2.114)
2 24

In d = 4 − , the one-loop beta functions of the GNY model are given by:

N +6 4
βg12 = −g12 + g
2 1
(2.115)
16π 
1 3 2 2 4
βg2 = −g2 + 2 g + N g2 g1 − 6N g1 . (2.116)
8π 2 2

For small , one nds that there is a stable IR xed point for any positive N:

16π 2 
(g1∗ )2 = (2.117)
N +6
g2∗ = 16π 2 R, (2.118)

where

24N
R= √ . (2.119)
(N + 6)[(N − 6) + N 2 + 132N + 36]

The anomalous dimensions of the elementary elds are given by

1 2 N 2
γψ = g , γσ = g . (2.120)
32π 2 1 32π 2 1

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and plugging in the value of the xed point couplings, one obtains

d−1 3 N +5
∆ψ = + γψ = −  (2.121)
2 2 2(N + 6)
d−2 3
∆σ = + γσ = 1 − . (2.122)
2 N +6

The large N expansion of the 3d critical fermion theory may be developed in

arbitrary dimension following similar lines as in the scalar case reviewed in Section 2:

one introduces an auxiliary eld σ to simplify the quartic interaction, and develops

the 1/N perturbation theory with the eective non-local propagator for σ and the

σ ψ̄ψ interaction. The anomalous dimensions of ψ and σ in the critical theory have

been calculated respectively to order 1/N 3 and 1/N 2 , and in arbitrary dimension d
[53, 69]. To leading order in 1/N , the explicit expressions are given by

 
d−1 Γ (d − 1) sin( πd
2
) 1 1
∆ψ = − d

d

+O (2.123)
2 πΓ 2 − 1 Γ 2 + 1 N N2
 
4(d − 1)Γ (d − 1) sin( πd
2
) 1 1
∆σ = 1+ d

d

+O . (2.124)
π(d − 2)Γ 2 − 1 Γ 2 + 1 N N2

Expanding these expressions in d = 2 +  and d = 4 − , one can verify the agreement

with (2.113) and (2.122) respectively. Note that both ∆ψ and ∆σ go below their

respective unitarity bounds for d > 4; so, unlike in the scalar case, there is no unitary
critical fermion theory above dimension four. One may check that the available

subleading large N results [53, 69] also precisely agree with the 1/N expansion of

(2.113) and (2.122), giving strong support to the fact that the 3d critical fermionic

CFT may be viewed as either the IR xed point of the GNY model, or the UV xed

point of the GN theory.

We may use the two alternative descriptions of the critical fermion theory to

provide a simple test of the 3d F-theorem, similar to the tests carried out in [50]. In

the UV, the GNY model (which has relevant interactions in d = 3) is a free theory

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of N fermions and one conformal scalar, while the GN model is free in the IR. Thus,

the value of F for the critical fermion theory should satisfy

N Ffree fermi < Fcrit. fermi < N Ffree fermi + Ffree sc. . (2.125)

In d = 3, one nds

log 2 3ζ(3)
Ffree sc. = − ' 0.0638 . (2.126)
8 16π 2

The value of F in the critical theory may be computed perturbatively in the 1/N
expansion, and one obtains the result [68, 50]

 
ζ(3) 1
Fcrit. fermi = N Ffree fermi + +O . (2.127)
8π 2 N

ζ(3)
Because
8π 2
' 0.0152 < Ffree sc. , we see that indeed (2.125) is satised in both

directions.

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Chapter 3

Three-Loop Analysis of the Critical

O(N ) Models in 6− Dimensions

3.1 Introduction and Summary

This chapter is based on the work published in [29], co-authored with Simone Giombi,

Igor Klebanov, and Grigory Tarnopolsky. We also thank J. Gracey and I. Herbut for

very useful correspondence, and to Y. Nakayama for valuable discussions.

We would like to extend the one-loop analysis was carried out in 2 to three loops.

We have the cubic O(N ) symmetric theory of N + 1 scalar elds σ and φi in 6−
dimensions with the Lagrangian:

1 1 1 1
L = (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + g1 σ(φi )2 + g2 σ 3 , (3.1)
2 2 2 6

The one-loop beta functions showed that for N > Ncrit there exists an IR stable

xed point with real values of the two couplings. We argued that this IR xed point

of the cubic O(N ) theory is equivalent to the perturbatively unitary UV xed point

of the O(N ) model with interaction (φi φi )2 , which exists for large N in 4<d<6
[32, 33, 34, 35]. The 1/N expansions of various operator scaling dimensions we found

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in chapter 2 agree with the corresponding results [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] in the

quartic O(N ) model continued to 6− dimensions.

A surprising result of chapter 2 was that the one-loop value of Ncrit is very large:

if Ncrit is treated as a continuous real parameter, then it is ≈ 1038.266. Our interest

now is in continuing the d = 6− xed point to  = 1 in the hope of nding a

5-dimensional O(N ) symmetric unitary CFT. In order to study the  expansion of

Ncrit , in section 3.2 we calculate the three-loop β functions, following the earlier work

of [38, 39, 40].

1 In section 3.4 we nd the following expansion for the critical value of

N:
Ncrit = 1038.266 − 609.840 − 364.1732 + O(3 ). (3.2)

Neglecting further corrections, this gives Ncrit ( = 1) ≈ 64, but higher orders in  can
obviously change this value signicantly. It is our hope that a conformal bootstrap

approach [13, 14, 15, 16], perhaps along the lines of [61], can help determine Ncrit
more precisely in d = 5. The bootstrap approach may also be applied in non-integer

dimensions close to 6, but one should keep in mind that such theories are not strictly

unitary [71].
2

The ma jor reduction of Ncrit as  is increased from 0 to 1 is analogous to what is

known about the Abelian Higgs model in 4 −  dimensions.3 For the model containing

Nf complex scalars, the one-loop critical value of Nf is found to be large, Nf,crit ≈ 183
[58]. However, the O() correction found from two-loop beta functions has a negative
coecient and almost exactly cancels the leading term when  = 1, suggesting that

the Nf,crit is small in the physically interesting three-dimensional theory [59].

1 These papers considered cubic eld theories of q−1 scalar elds that were shown in [70] to
describe the q -state Potts model. These theories possess only discrete symmetries and generally
dier from the O(N ) symmetric theories that we study.
2 Another possible non-perturbative approach to the theory in 4<d<6 is the Exact Renormal-
ization Group [72]. This approach does not seem to indicate the presence of a UV xed point in the
theory of N scalar elds, but a search for an IR xed point in the theory of N +1 scalar elds has
not been carried out yet.
3 We are grateful to Igor Herbut for pointing this out to us.

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 Another interesting property of the theories (4.2) is the existence of the lower crit-

0 0
ical value Ncrit such that for N < Ncrit there is an IR stable xed point at imaginary

values of g1 and g2 . The simplest example of such a non-unitary theory is N = 0,

containing only the eld σ. Its 6− expansion was originally studied by Michael

Fisher [37] and the continuation to  = 4 provides an approach to the Yang-Lee

edge singularity in the two-dimensional Ising model (this is the (2, 5) minimal model

[73, 74] with central charge −22/5). From the three-loop β functions we nd the 
expansion

0
Ncrit = 1.02145 + 0.03253 − 0.001632 + O(3 ) . (3.3)

0
The smallness of the coecients suggests that Ncrit > 1 for a range of dimensions

below 6. In section 3.5 we discuss some properties of the N =1 theory. We show

that it possesses an unstable xed point with g1∗ = g2∗ where the lagrangian splits

into that of two decoupled N = 0 theories. There is also an IR stable xed point

where g2∗ = 6g1∗ /5 + O(). A distinguishing feature of this non-unitary CFT is that

it has a discrete Z2 symmetry, and it would be interesting to search for it using the

conformal bootstrap methods developed in [60]. We suggest that, when continued to

two dimensions, it describes the (3, 8) non-unitary conformal minimal model.

In Section 3.4.1 we also discuss unstable unitary xed points that are present in

6− dimensions for all N . For N = 1 the xed point has g1∗ = −g2∗ ; it is Z3 symmetric

and describes the critical point of the 3-state Potts model in 6− dimensions [75].
4

3.2 Three-loop β -functions in d = 6 − 

The action of the cubic theory is

Z
1 1 1 1

S= dd x (∂µ φi0 )2 + (∂µ σ0 )2 + g1,0 σ0 φi0 φi0 + g2,0 σ03 , (3.4)
2 2 2 6
4 We are grateful to Yu Nakayama for valuable discussions on this issue.

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where φi0 and σ0 are bare elds and g1,0 and g2,0 are bare coupling constants.
5 As

usual, we introduce renormalized elds and coupling constants by

1/2
σ0 = Zσ1/2 σ, φi0 = Zφ φi ,
(3.5)
 
g1,0 = µ 2 Zg1 Zσ−1/2 Zφ−1 g1 , g2,0 = µ 2 Zg2 Zσ−3/2 g2 .

Here g1 , g2 are the dimensionless renormalized couplings, and µ is the renormalization

scale. We may write

Z σ = 1 + δσ , Zφ = 1 + δφ , Zg1 = 1 + δg1 , Zg2 = 1 + δg2 (3.6)

so that, in terms of renormalized quantities, the action reads

Z
1 1 g1 g2
S= dd x (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + σφi φi + σ 3 (3.7)
2 2 2 6
δφ δσ δg1 i i δg2 3

+ (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + σφ φ + σ .
2 2 2 6

To carry out the renormalization procedure, we will use dimensional regularization

[76] in d = 6 −  and employ the minimal subtraction scheme [77]. In this scheme, the

counterterms are xed by requiring cancellation of poles in the dimensional regulator,

and have the structure

∞
X ∞
X ∞
X ∞
X
an (g1 , g2 ) bn (g1 , g2 ) z φ (g1 , g2 )
n z σ (g1 , g2 )
n
δg1 = , δg2 = , δφ = , δσ = .
n=1
n n=1
n n=1
n n=1
n

(3.8)

The anomalous dimensions and β -functions are determined by the coecients of the

simple 1/ poles in the counterterms [77]. Specically, in our case we have that the

5 We do not include mass terms as we are ultimately interested in the conformal theory. In the
dimensional regularization that we will be using, mass terms are not generated if we set them to
zero from the start.

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anomalous dimensions are given by

1 ∂ ∂
φ
γφ = − g1 + g2 z , (3.9)
4 ∂g1 ∂g2 1
1 ∂ ∂
σ
γσ = − g1 + g2 z (3.10)
4 ∂g1 ∂g2 1

and the β -functions are

 1 ∂ ∂
1
β1 (g1 , g2 ) = − g1 + g1 + g2 − 1 (a1 − g1 (2z1φ + z1σ )),
2 2 ∂g1 ∂g2 2
 1 ∂ ∂
3
β2 (g1 , g2 ) = − g2 + g1 + g2 − 1 (b1 − g2 z1σ ). (3.11)
2 2 ∂g1 ∂g2 2

In other words, in order to determine the anomalous dimensions and β -functions, we

have to calculate the coecients of the 1/-divergencies in the loop diagrams, from

which we can read o the residues a1 (g1 , g2 ), b1 (g2 , g2 ), z1φ (g1 , g2 ), z1σ (g1 , g2 ).
Working in perturbation theory, we will denote by a1i the term of i-th order in

the coupling constants, and similarly for the other residue functions. Then, using the

results for the Feynman diagrams collected in the Appendix, we nd the anomalous

dimensions

1 φ φ 3 φ
γφ = − z12 − z14 − z16
2 2
g 2 2
g1

= 1 3− g 2
1 (11N − 26) − 48g1 g2 + 11g2
2
6(4π) 432(4π)6
g12
− g 4 (N (13N − 232) + 5184ζ(3) − 9064) + g13 g2 6(441N − 544)
31104(4π)9 1


− 2g12 g22 (193N − 2592ζ(3) + 5881) + 942g1 g23 + 327g24 ,
(3.12)

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 1 σ σ 3 σ
γσ = − z12 − z14 − z16
2 2
N g12 + g22 1 4 3 2 2 4


= + 2N g 1 + 48N g 1 g 2 − 11N g 1 g2 + 13g2
12(4π)3 432(4π)6
1
+ 96N (12N + 11)g15 g2 − 1560N g13 g23 + 952N g12 g24 (3.13)
62208(4π)9
− 2N g16 (1381N − 2592ζ(3) + 4280) + g26 (2592ζ(3) − 5195)


+ 3N g14 g22 (N + 4320ζ(3) − 8882)

and the β -functions

 1 φ σ 1 φ σ 1 φ σ
β1 = − g1 + (a13 − g1 (2z12 + z12 )) + 2(a15 − g1 (2z14 + z14 )) + 3(a17 − g1 (2z16 + z16 ))
2 2 2 2
 1

= − g1 + 3
g1 (N − 8)g12 − 12g1 g2 + g22
2 12(4π)
1

− 6
g1 (536 + 86N )g14 + 12(30 − 11N )g13 g2 + (628 + 11N )g12 g22 + 24g1 g23 − 13g24
432(4π)

1
+ g1 g26 (5195 − 2592ζ(3)) + 12g1 g25 (−2801 + 2592ζ(3))
62208(4π)9
− 8g12 g24 (1245 + 119N + 7776ζ(3))

+ g14 g22 (−358480 + 53990N − 3N 2 − 2592(−16 + 5N )ζ(3))

+ 36g15 g2 (−500 − 3464N + N 2 + 864(5N − 6)ζ(3))

− 2g16 (125680 − 20344N + 1831N 2 + 2592(25N + 4)ζ(3))


3 3
+ 48g1 g2 (95N − 3(679 + 864ζ(3))) ,
(3.14)

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  3 σ 3 σ 3 σ
β2 = − g2 + (b13 − g2 z12 ) + 2(b15 − g2 z14 ) + 3(b17 − g2 z16 )
2 2 2 2
 1

= − g2 + 3
−4N g13 + N g12 g2 − 3g23
2 4(4π)
1

+ 6
−24N g15 − 322N g14 g2 − 60N g13 g22 + 31N g12 g23 − 125g25
144(4π)

1
+ − 48N (713 + 577N )g17 + 6272N g12 g25 + 48N g13 g24 (181 + 432ζ(3))
20736(4π)9
− 5g27 (6617 + 2592ζ(3)) − 24N g15 g22 (1054 + 471N + 2592ζ(3))

+ 2N g16 g2 (19237N − 8(3713 + 324ζ(3))) + 3N g14 g23 (263N − 6(7105 + 2448ζ(3)) .
(3.15)

In the case N =0 (the single scalar cubic theory), our results are in agreement with

the three-loop calculation of [39].

3.3 The IR xed point

Let us introduce the notation

r r
6(4π)3 6(4π)3
g1 ≡ x, g2 ≡ y. (3.16)
N N

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In terms of the new variables x and y, the condition that both β -functions be zero

reads

1
0 = x(−8x2 + N (x2 − 1) − 12xy + y 2 )
2
1

− x (536 + 86N )x4 + 12(30 − 11N )x3 y + (628 + 11N )x2 y 2 + 24xy 3 − 13y 4 
12N
1
− x 12xy 5 (2801 − 2592ζ(3)) + y 6 (−5195 + 2592ζ(3))
288N 2
+ 48x3 y 3 (2037 − 95N + 2592ζ(3))

+ 8x2 y 4 (1245 + 119N + 7776ζ(3)) + x4 y 2 (358480 − 53990N + 3N 2 + 2592(5N − 16)ζ(3))

− 36x5 y(−500 − 3464N + N 2 + 864(5N − 6)ζ(3))

+ 2x6 (125680 − 20344N + 1831N 2 + 2592(25N + 4)ζ(3)) 2 (3.17)

and

1

0=− 9y 3 + N (12x3 + y − 3x2 y)
2
1

− 125y 5 + N x2 (24x3 + 322x2 y + 60xy 2 − 31y 3 ) 
4N
1
− N 2 x4 (27696x3 − 38474x2 y + 11304xy 2 − 789y 3 ) + 5y 7 (6617 + 2592ζ(3))
96N 2
+ 34224N x7 − 6272N x2 y 5 + 16N x6 y(3713 + 324ζ(3)) − 48N x3 y 4 (181 + 432ζ(3))


+ 48N x5 y 2 (527 + 1296ζ(3)) + 18N x4 y 3 (7105 + 2448ζ(3)) 2 . (3.18)

These equations can be solved order by order in the  expansion. Using also the 1/N
expansion, we nd the xed point values

22 726 326180 349658330

x∗ = 1 + + 2 − − + ...
N
 N N3 N4 
155 1705 912545 3590574890
+ − − + + + ... 
6N N2 N3 3N 4
 
1777 29093/36 − 1170ζ(3)
+ + + ... 2 , (3.19)
144N N2

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 162 68766 41224420 28762554870
y∗ = 6(1 + + + + + ...
N N2 N3 N4 
215 86335 75722265 69633402510
+ − − − − + ... 
2N N2 N3 N4
 
2781 270911 − 157140ζ(3)
+ + + ... 2 . (3.20)
48N 6N 2

This large N solution corresponds to an IR stable xed point and generalizes the

previous one-loop result. This xed point exists and is stable to all orders in the 1/N
expansion.

If results beyond the 1/N expansion are desired, one can determine the the 
expansions of x∗ , y∗ for nite N as follows. Plugging the expansions

x∗ = x0 (N )+x1 (N )+x2 (N )2 +. . . , y∗ = y0 (N )+y1 (N )+y2 (N )2 +. . . (3.21)

into (3.17)-(3.18), the leading order terms are found to be [28, 78]

s s
N N
x0 (N ) = z(N ) , y0 (N ) = (1+6z(N )) ,
(N − 44)z(N )2 + 1 (N − 44)z(N )2 + 1
(3.22)

where z(N ) is the solution to the cubic equation

840z 3 − (N − 464)z 2 + 84z + 5 = 0 (3.23)

with large N behavior z(N ) = 840N + O(N 0 )6 . This solution is real only if N >
1038.27, as can be seen from the discriminant of the above cubic equation. Once the

x0 (N ), y0 (N ) are known, one can then determine the higher order terms in (3.21) by

solving the equations (3.17)-(3.18) order by order in .

6 The other two roots have large
√
N behavior z(N ) ∼ ± 5N and they are unstable IR xed points
[28].

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 For N  1038 the nite N exact results are close to (3.19)-(3.20), but for N ∼
1038 they deviate somewhat, indicating that, close to the critical N, the large N
expansion is not a good approximation (see also Figure 3.1 below).

3.3.1 Dimensions of φ and σ

In terms of the rescaled couplings x, y dened in (3.16), the anomalous dimensions

read

x2 x2

γφ = − 2
(26 − 11N )x2 + 48xy − 11y 2 2
N 12N
x2
+ 3
6(544 − 441N )x3 y − 942xy 3 − 327y 4
144N
+ x4 (9064 + (232 − 13N )N − 5184ζ(3))


+ 2x2 y 2 (5881 + 193N − 2592ζ(3))} 3 , (3.24)

N x2 + y 2 1 4 2 2 2

2
γσ = − 13y + N x (2x + 48xy − 11y ) 
2N  12N 2
1
+ N 2 x4 (2762x2 − 1152xy − 3y 2 )
288N 3


+ 2N x2 −528x3 y + 780xy 3 − 476y 4 + 3x2 y 2 (4441 − 2160ζ(3)) + 8x4 (535 − 324ζ(3))

+ y (5195 − 2592ζ(3)) 3 .
6
(3.25)

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Plugging the xed point values (3.19)-(3.20) into these expressions, we get the con-

formal dimensions of σ and φ at the xed point

d
∆φ = − 1 + γφ
2    
 1 44 1936 11 835 16352
=2− + + 2+ + ...  + − − − + ... 2
2 N N N3 12N 6N 2 N3
 
13 6865 54367/2 − 3672ζ(3)
+ − + + + ... 3 , (3.26)
144N 72N 2 N3
d
∆σ = − 1 + γσ
2    
40 6800 104 34190
=2+ + 2
+ ...  + − − 2
+ ... 2
N N 3N 3N
 
22 47695/18 − 2808ζ(3)
+ − + 2
+ ... 3 . (3.27)
9N N

One can verify that these results are in precise agreement with the large N calculation

of [4, 5, 6] for the critical O(N ) model in general d, analytically continued to d = 6−.
This provides a strong check on our calculations and on our interpretation of the IR

xed point of the cubic O(N ) scalar theory.

The 1/N expansions are expected to work well for N  1038. For any N larger

than the critical value, the  expansions of the scaling dimensions may be determined
using (3.25) and the exact analytic solutions for the xed point location (x∗ , y∗ ). For

example, in Figure 3.1 we plot the coecient of the O(3 ) term in ∆σ as a function

of N and compare it with the corresponding 1/N expansion.

3.3.2 Dimensions of quadratic and cubic operators

In chapter 2 the mixed anomalous dimensions of quadratic operators σ2 and φi φi
were calculated at one-loop order. These results were checked against the O(1/N )
term in the corresponding operator dimensions for the O(N ) φ4 theory [10]. In this

chapter, we carry out an additional check, comparing with the O(1/N 2 ) correction

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 gs at OHe3L
0.008

0.006
exact result

0.004 up to 1 ‘ N 8
up to 1 ‘ N 4
0.002

0.000 N
1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

-0.002

Figure 3.1: The O(3 ) in ∆σ as a function of N for N ≥ 1039. The 1/N expansion

approaches the exact result as we include more terms.

found in [79], but still working to the one-loop order in  (it should be straightforward
to generalize the mixing calculation to higher loops, but we will not do it here).

λ
In the quartic O(N ) theory with interaction
4
(φi φi )2 , the derivative of the beta
function at the xed point coupling

ω1 ω2
ω = β 0 (λ∗ ) = 4 − d + + 2 + ... (3.28)
N N

is related to the dimension of the operator (φi φi )2 by

∆φ4 = d + ω . (3.29)

In [10, 79] the coecient ω1 was computed as a function of dimension d:

2(d − 4)(d − 2)(d − 1)Γ (d)

ω1 =

3 . (3.30)
dΓ 2 − d2 Γ d2

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The coecient ω2 has a more complicated structure for general d which was rst

found in [79]. Using this result, we get that in d = 5,

2048 8192(67125π 2 − 589472) 13.8337 1819.66

∆φ4 = 4− 2
− 4 2
+. . . ≈ 4− − +. . . (3.31)
15π N 3375π N N N2

Let us also quote the expansion of ω2 in d=4− and d = 6 − :

 
2259
ω2 = 102 + − + 120ζ(3) 3 + . . . , d=4− (3.32)
2
 
237476 2 92480
ω2 = −49760 +  + − + 32616ζ(3) 3 + . . . , d=6− (3.33)
3 9

In d = 4 − , one can check that the above results correctly reproduce the derivative

of the β -function [2]

N + 8 2 3(3N + 14) 3
β = −λ + λ − λ
8π 2 64π 4
33N 2 + 480N ζ(3) + 922N + 2112ζ(3) + 2960 4
+ λ + O(λ5 ) (3.34)
4096π 6

at the IR xed point

8π 2 24π 2 (3N + 14) 2

λ∗ = + 
N +8 (N + 8)3
π 2 (33N 3 − 110N 2 + 96(N + 8)(5N + 22)ζ(3) − 1760N − 4544) 3
−  + O(4 ) .
(N + 8)5
(3.35)

In d = 6 − , the dimension of the (φi φi )2 operator in the quartic theory should be

matched to the primary operator arising from the mixing of the σ2 and φi φi operators

in our cubic theory. In chapter 2, the mixing matrix of σ2 and φi φi to one-loop order

was found to be

 
√ 2 √
−1  4g12 − N g12 6 N g1 − N g1 g2 
γ ij =  √ √ . (3.36)
6(4π)3 6 N g12 − N g1 g2 4g22 − N g12

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Computing the eigenvalues γ± of this matrix, and inserting the values of one-loop

xed point couplings

r  
6(4π)3 22 726 326180
g1∗ = 1+ + 2 − + ... , (3.37)
N N N N3
r  
6(4π)3 162 68766 41224420
g2∗ =6 1+ + + + ... (3.38)
N N N2 N3

we nd the scaling dimensions of the quadratic operators to be

 
100 49760 27470080
∆− = d − 2 + γ− = 4 + − − − + . . .  + O(2 ), (3.39)
N N2 N3
 
40 6800 2637760
∆+ = d − 2 + γ+ = 4 + + 2
+ 3
+ . . .  + O(2 ). (3.40)
N N N

The operator with dimension ∆+ is a descendant of σ. The operator with dimension

∆− is a primary, and comparing with (3.30), (3.33), we see that its dimension precisely
agrees with the results of [79] to order 1/N 2 . The higher order terms in  can be

determined from mixed anomalous dimension calculations beyond one-loop, and we

leave this to future work.

We now calculate the mixed anomalous dimensions of the nearly marginal oper-

ators O1 = σφφ and O2 = σ 3 . Using the beta functions written in equations (4.5)-

(3.15), we can determine the anomalous dimensions of the nearly marginal operators

by computing the eigenvalues of the matrix

∂βi
Mij = . (3.41)
∂gj

Strictly speaking, this matrix is not exactly equal to the anomalous dimension mix-

ing matrix, because it is not symmetric. However, we could make it symmetric by

√
dividing and multiplying the o-diagonal elements by a factor 3N + O(), which

corresponds to an appropriate rescaling of the couplings. This clearly does not change

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the eigenvalues of the matrix, and hence we can directly compute the eigenvalues λ±
of (3.41), and obtain the dimensions of the eigenstate operators as

∆± = d + λ± . (3.42)

Plugging in the xed point values x∗ and y∗ from equations (3.19)-(3.20), we nd that

 
155 2 1777 3 1 1
∆+ = 6 +  −  + ... + O( 2 ) ,
3 36 N N
  (3.43)
1051 3 1 1
∆− = 6 + −420 + 4992 −  + ... + O( 2 ).
12 N N

The dimension of the σk operator in the quartic O(N ) model is known to order 1/N
as function of d [10], and may be written as

k k(d − 2) (k − 1)d2 − d(3k − 1) + 4 Γ (d) 1
∆(σ ) = 2k +

3 + O( 2 ) . (3.44)
N dΓ 2 − d2 Γ d2 N

Our result for ∆− agrees with the  expansion of this formula for k=3 in d = 6 − .

3.4 Analysis of critical N as a function of 

We now investigate the behavior of Ncrit above which the xed point exists at real

values of the couplings. This can be dened as the value of N (formally viewed as a

continuous parameter) at which two real solutions of the β -function equations merge,
and subsequently go o to the complex plane. Geometrically, this means that the

curves on the (g1 , g2 ) plane dened by the zeroes of β1 and β2 are barely touching, i.e.

they are tangent to each other. Therefore the critical N , as well as the corresponding

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critical value of the couplings, can be determined by solving the system of equations

β1 = 0 , β2 = 0,
(3.45)
∂β1 /∂g1 ∂β2 /∂g1
= .
∂β1 /∂g2 ∂β2 /∂g2

Note that the condition in the second line is equivalent to requiring that the de-

terminant of the anomalous dimension mixing matrix of nearly marginal operators,

∂βi
Mij = ∂gj
, vanishes. This means that one of the two eigenstates becomes marginal.

Working in terms of the rescaled coupling constants dened in (3.16), we can

solve the system of equations (3.45) order by order in . We assume a perturbative

expansion

x = x0 + x1  + x2 2 + O(3 ),

y = y0 + y1  + y2 2 + O(3 ), (3.46)

N = N0 + N1  + N2 2 + O(3 )

and plugging this into (3.45), we can solve for the undetermined coecients uniquely.

At the zeroth order, we get the equations

N0 + 8x20 − N0 x20 + 12x0 y0 − y02 = 0,

12N0 x30 + N0 y0 − 3N0 x20 y0 + 9y03 = 0, (3.47)

(N0 − 44)x0 6N0 x0 (y0 − 6x0 )

6+ = .
6x0 − y0 3N0 x20 − 27y02 − N0

The above system of equations can be solved analytically, as was done in chapter 2.

We nd that, up to the signs of x0 and y0 , there are three inequivalent solutions

x0 = 1.01804 , y0 = 8.90305 , N0 = 1038.26605, (3.48)

x00 = 0.23185i , y00 = 0.25582i , N00 = 1.02145, (3.49)

x000 = 0.13175 , y000 = −0.03277 , N000 = −0.08750. (3.50)

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 y
40

20

IR
0
IR UV

-20

-40

x
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Figure 3.2: The zeroes of the one-loop β functions and the RG ow directions for

N = 2000. The red dots correspond to the stable IR xed points, while the black

dots are unstable xed points. As N → Ncrit , the red dot merges with the nearby

black dot, and the two xed points move into the complex plane.

The rst of these solutions, with Ncrit = 1038.26605 + O(), is of most interest to

us because it is related to the large N limit of the theory. For N > Ncrit , we nd

a stable IR xed point at real couplings g1 and g2 . 7 This xed point is shown with

the red dot in Figure 3.2 (there is a second stable IR xed point obtained by the

transformation (g1 , g2 ) → (−g1 , −g2 ), which is a symmetry of this theory). There is

also a nearby unstable xed point, shown with a black dot, which has one stable and

one unstable direction. As N approaches Ncrit from above, the nearby unstable xed

7 It is stable with respect to ows of the nearly marginal couplings g and g . As usual, there are
1 2
some O(N ) invariant relevant operators that render this xed point not perfectly stable.

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point approaches the IR stable xed point, and they merge at Ncrit . At N < Ncrit ,
both xed points disappear into the complex plane. As discussed in [80], this is a

rather generic behavior at the lower edge of the conformal window: the conformality

is lost through the annihilation of a UV xed point and an IR xed point. In [80] this

was argued to happen at the lower (strongly coupled) edge of the conformal window

for 4-dimensional SU (Nc ) gauge theory with Nf avors. It is interesting to observe

that the same type of behavior occurs at the lower edge of the conformal window of

the O(N ) model in d = 6 − , which extends from Ncrit to innity.

Let us identify the operator that causes the ow between the unstable xed point

and the IR stable xed point of our primary interest. It is one of the two nearly

marginal operators cubic in the elds that were studied in section 3.2. By studying

the behavior of the dimensions ∆1 and ∆2 as N → Ncrit we nd that ∆2 → 6 − .

Therefore, it is the operator corresponding to ∆2 that becomes exactly marginal for

N = Ncrit and causes the ow between the IR xed point and the nearby UV xed

point for N slightly above Ncrit . In bootstrap studies of the quartic O(N ) model

this operator was denoted by σ3 [10], i.e. it can be thought of as the triple-trace

operator" (φi φi )3 . The theory at the unstable xed point has an unconventional large

√
N behavior where x ∼ O(1) and y ∼ O( N ), so that corrections to scaling dimension
proceed in powers of N −1/2 as in chapter 2.

Let us now go back to nding the higher order corrections to Ncrit given by (3.48)

(the higher order corrections to the other critical values (3.49)-(3.50) will be discussed

in the next section). Once we have solved the leading order system (3.47), we can plug

the solution into (3.46) and expand (3.45) up to order 2 . From this we obtain simple

systems of linear equations from which we can determine x1 , y1 , N1 and x2 , y2 , N2 . We

nd

x1 = −0.00940 , y1 = −0.21024 , N1 = −609.93980,

(3.51)

x2 = 0.00690 , y2 = 1.01680 , N2 = −364.17333.

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Thus, to three-loop order, we conclude that

Ncrit = 1038.26605 − 609.83980 − 364.173332 + O(3 ) . (3.52)

We have also checked these expansion coecients via a direct high-precision numerical

calculation of Ncrit for very small values of . The large and negative coecients

indicate that in the physically interesting case of d = 5, Ncrit is likely to be much

lower than the zeroth order value (this is analogous to the result [59] for the Abelian

Higgs model). If we just use the rst three terms and plug in  = 1, we get:

Ncrit ≈ 64.253 . (3.53)

For N < Ncrit the anomalous dimensions, such as γφ , are no longer positive (in

fact, they become complex). This loss of positivity of γφ can also be seen as N is

reduced in the quartic O(N ) model. For example, using the 1/N expansion of γφ in

d=5 [6]

32 1427456
γφ = 2
−
15π N
 3375π 4 N 2 
275255197696 89735168 32768 ln 4 229376ζ(3) 1
+ 6
− 4
+ 4
− 6
+ ...
759375π 2025π 9π 3π N3
3 0.216152 4.342 121.673
= + − − + ... (3.54)
2 N N2 N3

we nd that it stops being positive for N < 35. This critical value is not too far from

(3.53).

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 It is also instructive to study the theory using the 4 −  expansion. The anomalous

dimensions of φi is [2]

N +2 2 N +2 2

3
γφ =  + −N + 56N + 272 
4(N + 8)2 16(N + 8)4
N +2 4 3 2

4
+ −5N − 230N + 1124N + 17920N + 46144 − 384ζ(3)(5N + 22)(N + 8) 
64(N + 8)6
+ O(5 ) (3.55)

For positive  this expansion gives accurate information about the Wilson-Fisher IR

xed points [1]. For negative  there exist formal UV xed points at negative quartic

coupling where we can apply this formula as well. In that case, γφ becomes negative

for suciently large || and N < Ncrit , indicating that the operator φi violates the

unitarity bound. For example for d = 5, corresponding to  = −1, we nd Ncrit ≈ 8.

Inclusion of the O(5 ) term (see [81]) raises this to Ncrit ≈ 14.
We see, therefore, that the estimates of Ncrit using the quartic O(N ) theory in

d=5 are even lower than the three-loop estimate (3.53). It seems safe to conclude

that the true value is much lower than the one-loop estimate of 1038. To determine

Ncrit in d=5 more precisely, one needs a non-perturbative approach to the d=5
theory, perhaps along the lines of the conformal bootstrap calculation in [61].

3.4.1 Unitary xed points for all positive N

Let us note that not all real xed points disappear for N < Ncrit . The unstable real

xed points that are located in the upper left and lower right corners of Figure 3.2

exist for all positive N, and we would like to nd their interpretation.

The xed point with N = 1 has a particularly simple property that g1∗ = −g2∗ .
This property of the solution holds for the three-loop β functions, and we believe that

it is exact. Using this, we note that the action at the xed point is proportional to

(σ + iφ)3 + (σ − iφ)3 . Therefore, the theory at this xed point enjoys a Z3 symmetry

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acting by the phase rotation on the complex combination σ + iφ. This cubic classical

action appears in the Ginzburg-Landau theory for the 3-state Potts model (see, for

example, [75]).
8 Therefore, we expect the Z3 symmetric xed point to describe the

3-state Potts model in d = 6 − . The dimensions of operators at this xed point are

related by the Z3 symmetry. For example, we nd

1 2 443 3
∆φ = ∆σ = 2 −  + 2 +  + O(4 ) . (3.56)
3 3 54

This is in agreement with the result of [39]. By calculating the eigenvalues λ± of the

∂βi
matrix Mij = ∂gj
, we also nd the dimensions (3.42) of the two cubic operators to

order 3 :

 
14 158 2 17380
∆− = 6 −  −  − + 16ζ(3) 3 = 6 − 4.66667 − 17.55562 − 233.8013 ,
3 9 81
 
83 2 38183
∆+ = 6 −  − + 4ζ(3) 3 = 6 − 4.611112 − 63.73263 . (3.57)
18 648

The dimension ∆+ corresponds to the operator (σ + iφ)3 + (σ − iφ)3 which preserves

the Z3 symmetry and is slightly irrelevant for small . The dimension ∆− corresponds

to the relevant operator σ(σ 2 +φ2 ) which breaks the Z3 . Thus, the Z3 symmetry helps
stabilize the xed point at small .
Unfortunately, the 6− expansions (3.57) have growing coecients, and it is

not clear for what range of  the xed point exists. Thus, one may not be able to

interpolate smoothly from the Z3 symmetric xed point in d=6− to d=2 where

the 3-state Potts model is described by the unitary (5, 6) minimal model [73].

For all N ≥2 we nd unstable xed points with O(N ) symmetry. These xed

points always have a relevant cubic operator, corresponding to a negative eigenvalue of

∂βi
the matrix
∂gj
. Also, they exhibit an unconventional large N behavior involving half-

integer powers of N, similarly to the unstable xed points that appear for N > Ncrit
8 We are grateful to Yu Nakayama for pointing this out to us.

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and are shown by the black dots in the upper right and lower left corners of Figure

3.2. We leave a discussion of these xed points for the future.

3.5 Non-unitary theories

In addition to the xed points studied so far, which are perturbatively unitary and

00 0
appear for N > Ncrit , there exist non-unitary xed points for Ncrit < N < Ncrit . The

0 00
leading values of Ncrit and Ncrit are given in (3.49) and (3.50), respectively. Using the

method developed above for nding the higher order in  corrections to Ncrit we get

0
Ncrit = 1.02145 + 0.03253 − 0.001632



x0 = i 0.23185 + 0.08887 − 0.039562 , y 0 = i 0.25582 + 0.11373 − 0.042762
(3.58)

and

00
Ncrit = −0.08750 + 0.34726 − 0.882742

x00 = 0.13175 − 0.16716 + 0.120722 , y 00 = −0.03277 + 0.13454 − 0.359802

(3.59)

Unfortunately, the latter expansion has growing coecients, and we cannot extract

any useful information from it. On the other hand, the higher order corrections to

0 0
Ncrit are very small, which suggests that Ncrit >1 for range of dimensions below 6.
The theory with N = 0, which contains only the eld σ, was originally studied by

Michael Fisher as an approach to the Yang-Lee edge singularity in the Ising model [37].

Since the coupling is imaginary, it describes a non-unitary theory where some operator

dimensions (e.g. σ ) are below the unitarity bounds. In d = 2, this CFT corresponds to
the (2, 5) minimal model [74], which has c = −22/5. A conformal bootstrap approach

to this model [60] has produced good results for a range of dimensions below 6.

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 The N =1 theory, which has two elds and two coupling constants, has a more

intricate structure. This theory is distinguished from the N =0 case by the presence

of a Z2 symmetry φ → −φ. Examining the β functions at N = 1 and the eigenvalues of

∂βi
the matrix
∂gj
, we observe that there exist a stable xed point with g2∗ = 6g1∗ /5+O(),
and an unstable one with g1∗ = g2∗ . Introducing the eld combinations

σ1 = σ + φ , σ2 = σ − φ , (3.60)

we note that for g1∗ = g2∗ the interactions of the N = 1 model decouple as ∼ σ13 +σ23 , i.e.
at this xed point the theory is a sum of two Fisher's N =0 theories. However, one

of the ow directions at this xed point is unstable, since the corresponding operator

has ∆O = 6 − 10/9 + O(2 ) and is relevant (this value of the dimension corresponds

∂βi
to the negative eigenvalue of the matrix Mij = ∂gj
at the g1∗ = g2∗ xed point). This

dimension has a simple explanation as follows. The ow away from the decoupled

xed point is generated by the operator O = σ1 σ22 + σ2 σ12 . This is allowed by the

original Z2 symmetry φ → −φ, which translates into the interchange of σ1 and σ2 .

Thus,

∆O = ∆N
σ
=0
+ ∆N
σ2
=0
= 2 + 2∆N
σ
=0
, (3.61)

where we used the fact that in the N =0 theory, ∆N

σ2
=0
= 2 + ∆N
σ
=0
because σ2 is a

descendant. Using (3.25) for N = 0, we nd

 
5 43 2 8ζ(3) 8375
∆σ = 2− − + − 3 = 2−0.555556−0.02949252 +0.0218453
9 1458 243 472392
(3.62)

Substituting this into (3.61) we nd the dimension of the relevant operator O, which

indeed precisely agrees with ∆O = d + λ− , where λ− is the negative eigenvalue of

∂βi
Mij = ∂gj
at the g1∗ = g2∗ xed point. Using the  expansion (3.62), we nd that O
continues to be relevant as  is increased. For  = 4, i.e. d = 2, we know the exact

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result in the (2, 5) minimal model that ∆N
σ
=0
= −2/5, which implies ∆O = 6/5. This

strongly suggests that O is relevant, and the decoupled xed point is unstable, for

the entire range 2 ≤ d < 6. To describe this CFT in d = 2 more precisely, we note the
existence of the modular invariant minimal model M (3, 10), which is closely related

to the product of two Yang-Lee (2, 5) minimal models [82, 83].

The ow away from the unstable xed point with g1∗ = g2∗ can lead the N =1
theory to the IR stable xed point where g2∗ = 6g1∗ /5 + O(). Using our results we

can deduce the  expansion of various operator dimensions at this xed point. For

example,

∆φ = 2 − 0.5501 − 0.02344772 + 0.02006493 + . . .

∆σ = 2 − 0.561122 − 0.03588432 + 0.02360573 + . . . (3.63)

∂βi
By calculating the eigenvalues λ± of the matrix Mij = ∂gj
, we nd the dimensions of

two operators that are slightly irrelevant in d=6−

∆− = d + λ− = 6 − 0.88978 + 0.04377322 − 0.0395853 ,

∆+ = d + λ+ = 6 − 0.7731912 + 1.597073 . (3.64)

As  is increased, these expansions suggest that the two operators become more

irrelevant. It would be interesting to study this Z2 symmetric xed point using a

conformal bootstrap approach along the lines of [60].

Assuming that the N = 1 IR xed point continues to be stable in d = 5, 4, 3, 2, it is

interesting to look for statistical mechanical interpretations of this non-unitary CFTs.

A distinguishing feature of the N = 1 CFT is that it has a discrete Z2 symmetry,

while the N =0 theory has no symmetries at all. As we have noted, in d=2 the

CFT can be obtained via deforming the (3, 10) minimal model by a Virasoro primary
eld of dimension 6/5 (this is the highest dimension relevant operator in that minimal
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model). After analyzing the spectra of several candidate minimal models, we suggest

that the end point of this RG ow is described by the (3, 8) minimal model with

c = −21/4.9 Let us note that M (2, 5) and M (3, 8) are members of the series of

non-unitary minimal models M (k, 3k − 1).

In addition to the identity operator, the M (3, 8) model has three Virasoro primary
elds which are Z2 odd and three that are Z2 even. Comparing with the theory in

6− dimensions, we can tentatively identify the leading Z2 odd operator as φ and

the leading Z2 even one as σ. Obviously, further work is needed to check if the stable

xed point in 6 −  dimensions with g2∗ = 6g1∗ /5 + O() continued to  = 4 is described

by the non-unitary minimal model M (3, 8).

3.6 Appendix A. Summary of three-loop results

The Feynman rules for our theory are depicted in Fig. B.1

α
α β
= −dαβγ = δαβ p12
β γ

α
α β
= −(δg)αβγ = −p2 (δz)αβ
β γ

Figure 3.3: Feynman rules.

9 Note that this value is greater than the central charge of the UV theory M (3, 10), which is equal
to −44/5. For ows between non-unitary theories the Zamolodchikov c-theorem does not hold, and
it is possible that cU V < cIR .

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where we introduced symmetric tensor coupling dαβγ and counterterms (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ
with α, β, γ = 0, 1, .., N as

d000 = g2 , dii0 = di0i = d0ii = g1 ,

(δg)000 = δg2 , (δg)ii0 = (δg)i0i = (δg)0ii = δg1 ,

(δz)00 = δσ , (δz)ii = δφ , (3.65)

where i = 1, ..., N . The general form of a Feynman diagram in our theory could be

schematically represented as

Feynman diagram = Integral × Tensor structure factor . (3.66)

The Tensor structure factors are products of the tensors dαβγ and (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ ,
with summation over the dummy indices. Their values for dierent diagrams are

represented in Fig. D.1 and D.2 after parentheses

10 . The Integrals already include

symmetry factors and are the same as in the usual ϕ3 -theory; their values are listed

in Fig. D.1 and D.2 before the parentheses.

10 To nd the Tensor structure factor we used the fact that it is a polynomial in N , so we
calculated sums of products of dαβγ , (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ explicitly for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., using Wolfram
Mathematica. Having answers for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, .. it's possible to restore the general N form.

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3.6.1 Counterterms

φ g12 σ N g12 + g22 g12 (g1 + g2 ) N g13 + g23

z12 =− , z12 =− , a13 =− , b13 =− ,
3(4π)3 6(4π)3 (4π)3 (4π)3
(3.67)

φ g12 2 2


z14 = g1 (11N − 26) − 48g 1 g2 + 11g 2 ,
432(4π)6
σ 1 4 3 2 2 4


z14 =− 2N g 1 + 48N g 1 g 2 − 11N g 1 g 2 + 13g 2 ,
432(4π)6
1 2 3 2 2 3


a15 =− g 1 g 1 (11N + 98) − 2g 1 g2 (7N − 38) + 101g 1 g 2 + 4g2 ,
144(4π)6
1 5 4 3 2 2 3 5


b15 =− 4N g 1 + 54N g 1 g 2 + 18N g 1 g 2 − 7N g 1 g2 + 23g 2 ,
48(4π)6
(3.68)

φ g12
z16 = g 4 (N (13N − 232) + 5184ζ(3) − 9064) + g13 g2 6(441N − 544)
46656(4π)9 1


− 2g12 g22 (193N − 2592ζ(3) + 5881) + 942g1 g23 + 327g24 ,
σ 1
z16 =− 9
2N g16 (1381N − 2592ζ(3) + 4280) − 96N (12N + 11)g15 g2
93312(4π)


− 3N g14 g22 (N + 4320ζ(3) − 8882) + 1560N g13 g23 − 952N g12 g24 − g26 (2592ζ(3) − 5195) ,
g12
a17 = 9
− g15 (N (531N + 10368ζ(3) − 2600) + 23968)
15552(4π)
+ g14 g2 (99N 2 + 2592(5N − 6)ζ(3) − 9422N − 2588) + 2g13 g22 (1075N + 2592ζ(3) − 16897)


+ 2g12 g23 (125N − 5184ζ(3) − 3917) − g1 g24 (5184ζ(3) + 721) + g25 (2592ζ(3) − 2801) ,
1
b17 = − 2g17 N (577N + 713) − 48g16 g2 N (31N − 59)
2592(4π)9
+ g15 g22 N (423N + 2592ζ(3) + 1010) − g14 g23 N (33N − 1296ζ(3) − 6439)


− 27g13 g24 N (32ζ(3) + 11) − 301N g12 g25 + g27 (432ζ(3) + 1595) . (3.69)

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Chapter 4

Critical Sp(N ) Models in 6−

Dimensions and Higher Spin dS/CFT

4.1 Introduction and Summary

This chapter is based on the work published in [30], co-authored with Simone Giombi,

Igor Klebanov, and Grigory Tarnopolsky. We also thank D. Anninos, D. Harlow and

J. Maldacena, and especially S. Caracciolo and G. Parisi, for useful discussions.

The O(N ) invariant theories of N massless scalar elds φi , which interact via

λ
the potential
4
(φi φi )2 possess interacting IR xed points in dimensions 2 < d <
4 for any positive N [1]. These theories contain O(N ) singlet current operators

with all even spin, and when N is large the current anomalous dimensions are ∼
1/N [2]. Since all the higher spin currents are nearly conserved, the O(N ) models

possess a weakly broken higher spin symmetry. In the Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field

Theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence [84, 85, 86], each spin s conserved current in a d
dimensional CFT is mapped to a massless spin s gauged eld in d+1 dimensional

AdS space. For these reasons, it was conjectured [47] that the singlet sector of the

critical O(N ) models in d=3 is dual to the interacting higher spin theory in d=4

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containing massless gauge elds of all even positive spin [41, 42, 43, 46]. This minimal

Vasiliev theory also contains a scalar eld with m2 = −2/`2AdS , and the two admissible
boundary conditions on this eld [48, 49] distinguish the interacting O(N ) model from
the free one (in the latter all the higher spin currents are conserved exactly). A review

of the higher spin AdS/CFT dualities may be be found in [87].

A remarkable feature of the Vasiliev theories [41, 42, 43, 46] is that they are

consistent not only in Anti-de Sitter, but also in de Sitter space. On general grounds

one expects a CFT dual to quantum gravity in dS4 to be a non-unitary theory dened

in three dimensional Euclidean space [88]. In [89] it was proposed that the CFT dual

to the minimal higher spin theory in dS4 is the theory of an even number N of

anti-commuting scalar elds χi with the action

Z  
1 λ
S= 3
d x Ωij ∂µ χi ∂ µ χj + (Ωij χi χj )2 . (4.1)
2 4

This theory possesses Sp(N ) symmetry, and Ωij is the invariant symplectic matrix.

This model was originally introduced and studied in [90, 91], where it was shown to

possess an IR xed point in 4− dimensions. The beta function of this model is

related to that of the O(N ) model via the replacement N → −N . According to the

proposal of [89], the free UV xed point of (4.1) is dual to the minimal higher spin

theory in dS4 with the Neumann future boundary conditions on the m2 = 2/`2dS bulk

scalar eld, and its interacting IR xed point to the same higher spin theory but with

the Dirichlet boundary conditions on the scalar eld. In the latter case, the higher

spin symmetry is slightly broken at large N, and the de Sitter higher spin gauge

elds are expected to acquire small masses through quantum eects.

1 A discussion

1 A potential diculty with this picture is that unitarity in dSd+1 space requires that a massive
eld of spin s>1 should satisfy m2 > (s − 1)(s + d − 3)/`2dS [92, 93, 94]. In other words, there is a
nite gap between massive elds and massless ones (the latter are dual to exactly conserved currents
in the CFT). However, since the masses are generated by quantum eects and are parametrically
small at large N, this is perhaps not fatal for bulk unitarity. It would be interesting to clarify this
further.

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of the de Sitter boundary conditions from the point of view of the wave function of

the Universe was given in [95, 96].

In this chapter we consider an extension of the proposed higher spin dS/CFT

correspondence [89] to higher dimensional de Sitter spaces, and in particular to dS6 .

Our construction mirrors our recent work [28, 29] on the higher dimensional extensions

of the higher spin AdS/CFT. It was observed long ago [32, 33, 34] that in d>4 the

quartic O(N ) models possess UV xed points which can be studied in the large N
expansion. The UV completion of the O(N ) scalar theory in 4 < d < 6 was proposed
in [28]; it is the cubic O(N ) symmetric theory of N +1 scalar elds σ and φi :

Z  
1 1 1 1
S= d x (∂µ φi )2 + (∂µ σ)2 + g1 σ(φi )2 + g2 σ 3
d
. (4.2)
2 2 2 6

For suciently large N, this theory has an IR stable xed point in 6− dimensions

with real values of g1 and g2 . The beta functions and anomalous dimensions were

calculated to three-loop order [28, 29],

2 and the available results agree nicely with the

1/N expansion of the quartic O(N ) model at its UV xed point [4, 6, 7, 10, 11] when
the quartic O(N ) model is continued to 6− dimensions. The conformal bootstrap

approach to the higher dimensional O(N ) model was explored in [61, 20, 98].

To extend the idea of [89] to dSd+1 with d > 4, we may consider non-unitary

CFTs (4.1) which in d>4 possess UV xed points for large N. The 1/N expansion

of operator scaling dimensions may be developed using the generalized Hubbard-

Stratonovich transformation, and one nds that it is related to the 1/N expansion in

the O(N ) models via the replacement N → −N . In d = 5 this interacting xed point
should be dual to the higher spin theory in dS6 with Neumann boundary conditions

on the m2 = 6/`2dS scalar eld (corresponding to the conformal dimension ∆ =

2 The one-loop beta functions of the model (4.2) in d=6 were rst calculated in [97].

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2 + O(1/N ) on the CFT side).3 In search of the UV completion of these quartic CFTs

in 4 < d < 6, we introduce the cubic theory of one commuting real scalar eld σ and

N anti-commuting scalar elds χi :

Z  
1 1 1 1
S= d x Ωij ∂µ χi ∂ µ χj + (∂µ σ)2 + g1 Ωij χi χj σ + g2 σ 3
d
. (4.3)
2 2 2 6

Alternatively, we may combine the elds χi into N/2 complex anti-commuting scalars
θα , α = 1, . . . , N/2 [90, 91]; then the action assumes the form

Z  
d α µ α 1 2 α α 1 3
S= d x ∂µ θ ∂ θ̄ + (∂µ σ) + g1 σθ θ̄ + g2 σ . (4.4)
2 6

We study the beta functions for this theory in d = 6− and show that they are

related to the beta functions of the theory (4.2) via the replacement N → −N . For

all N there exists an IR xed point of the theory (4.3) with imaginary values of g1
and g2 . This is similar to the IR xed point of the single scalar cubic eld theory

(corresponding to the N =0 case of our models), which was used by Fisher [37] as

an approach to the Lee-Yang edge singularity. The fact that the couplings are purely

imaginary makes the integrand of the path integral oscillate rapidly at large σ; this

should be contrasted with real couplings giving a potential unbounded from below.

Our results allow us to study the 6 −  expansion of the theory (4.3) with arbtrary
N, and we observe that at nite N there are qualitative dierences between the

Sp(N ) and O(N ) models which are not seen in the 1/N expansion. In fact, for the

Sp(N ) model there is no analogue of the lower bound Ncrit that was found in the

O(N ) case [28]. For the lowest value, N = 2, we observe some special phenomena.

In this theory, which contains two real anti-commuting scalars, it is impossible to

formulate the quartic interaction (4.1); thus, the cubic lagrangian (4.20) seems to be

3 Thed = 5 free Sp(N ) model corresponds to Dirichlet scalar boundary conditions in the dS6 dual.
It should be possible to extend this free Sp(N ) model/dS higher spin duality to general dimensions,
since the Vasiliev equations in (A)dSd+1 are known for all d [46].

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the only possible description of the interacting theory with global Sp(2) symmetry.

Furthermore, it becomes enhanced to the supergroup OSp(1|2) because at the IR xed

point the two coupling constants are related via g2∗ = 2g1∗ . The enhanced symmetry

implies that the scaling dimensions of σ and χi are equal, and we check this to order

3 . An example of theory with OSp(1|2) symmetry is provided by the q →0 limit

of the q -state Potts model [99].

4 We show that the 6− expansions of the scaling

dimensions in our OSp(1|2) symmetric theory are the same as in the q→0 limit of

the q -state Potts model.5 This provides strong evidence that the OSp(1|2) symmetric
IR xed point of the cubic theory (4.20) describes the second order transitions in the

ferromagnetic q=0 Potts model, which exist in 2<d<6 [100].

Using the results of [78], we also compute perturbatively the sphere free energies of

the models (4.3). The sphere free energy for the OSp(1|2) symmetric model is found to
be the same as for the q = 0 Potts model. In terms of the quantity F̃ = sin( πd
2
) log ZS d ,
which was introduced in [78] as a natural way to generalize the F -theorem [66, 54, 50]
to continuous dimensions, we nd that the RG ow in the cubic Sp(N ) models in

d = 6− satises F̃UV > F̃IR for all N ≥ 2. We show that the same result holds in

the model (4.1) in d = 4 − . 6 This is somewhat surprising, since for non-unitary

CFTs the inequality F̃UV > F̃IR is not always satised. It would be interesting to

understand if this is related to the pseudo-unitary" structure discussed in [91], and

to the fact that these models are presumably dual to unitary higher spin gravity

theories in de Sitter space.

4 We are grateful to Giorgio Parisi for informing us about this and for important discussions.
5 We thank Sergio Caracciolo for suggesting this comparison to us and for informing us about the
paper [100].
6 The models (4.1) and (4.3) also satisfy the F -theorem to leading order in the large N expansion
(for all d), since the leading order correction to F̃UV − F̃IR is of order N 0 , and was shown to satisfy
the F -theorem in the corresponding unitary O(N ) models [50, 23, 78].

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4.2 The IR xed points of the cubic Sp(N ) theory
The beta functions and anomalous dimensions for the Sp(N ) symmetric model (4.3)

can be obtained by replacing N → −N in the corresponding results for the cubic

O(N ) model (4.2), which were computed in [28, 29] to three-loop order. Indeed,

writing the action in the complex basis (4.4), we see that the Feynman rules and

propagators are identical to those of the O(N ) theory written in the U (N/2) basis,

the only dierence being that the N/2 complex scalars are anticommuting. Hence, for

each closed loop of the θα we get an extra minus sign, thus explaining the replacement

N → −N .
Using the results in [28, 29], the beta functions for the Sp(N ) model are then

found to be:

 1 2 2


β1 = − g1 − g1 (N + 8)g 1 + 12g 1 g2 − g 2
2 12(4π)3
1
− 6
g1 (536 − 86N )g14 + 12(30 + 11N )g13 g2
432(4π)


+ (628 − 11N )g12 g22 + 24g1 g23 − 13g24 + . . . ,
 1

β2 = − g2 + 3
4N g13 − N g12 g2 − 3g23
2 4(4π)
1

+ 6
24N g15 + 322N g14 g2 + 60N g13 g22 − 31N g12 g23 − 125g25 + . . . . (4.5)
144(4π)

We have omitted the explicit three-loop terms, which can be obtained from [28, 29].

Similarly, the anomalous dimensions of the elds χi and σ take the form

g12 g12 2 2


γχ = + g1 (11N + 26) + 48g 1 g 2 − 11g2 + ...,
6(4π)3 432(4π)6
(4.6)
N g12 − g22 1 4 3 2 2 4


γσ = − − 2N g 1 + 48N g 1 g 2 − 11N g 1 g2 − 13g 2 + ....
12(4π)3 432(4π)6

With the beta functions at hand, we can look for non-trivial xed points of the RG

ow satisfying β1 (g1∗ , g2∗ ) = 0, β2 (g1∗ , g2∗ ) = 0. For all positive N , we nd two physically

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equivalent xed points with purely imaginary coupling constants, hence all operator

dimensions remain real. These xed points are IR stable for all N (the stability

∂βi
matrix Mij = ∂gj
has positive eigenvalues). Note that this is dierent from the O(N )
versions of these models [28, 29], where one nds a critical N , whose one-loop value is
' 1038, below which the IR stable xed points with real coupling constants disappear.
However, to all orders in the 1/N expansion, the xed point couplings and conformal

dimensions in the Sp(N ) models are related to the ones in the O(N ) models by the

replacement N → −N .
Figure 4.1 shows the RG ow directions for N = 2. The arrows indicate how

the coupling constants ow towards the IR. The two IR xed points are physically

equivalent because they are related by gi → −gi . At higher values of N , the qualitative
behavior of the RG ows and xed points remain the same. We still have a UV

Gaussian xed point, and two stable IR xed points.

A special structure emerges for N = 2. In this case we nd the xed point solution

r  
(4π)3  67
g2∗ = 2g1∗ , g1∗ =i 1+ 2
 + O( ) , (4.7)
5 180

and the conformal dimensions of the fundamental elds are equal (the three-loop term

given below can be obtained from the results in [28, 29])

8 7 2 269 − 702ζ(3) 3
∆σ = ∆χ = 2 − −  −  + ... . (4.8)
15 450 33750

We show in the next section that the equality of dimensions is a consequence of a

symmetry enhancement from Sp(2) to the supergroup OSp(1|2).

It is natural to ask whether symmetry enhancement can occur at other values of

N. For instance, we can explicitly check for which N the dimensions of σ and χ are

equal. A direct calculation using the beta functions and anomalous dimensions up

to three-loops shows that this only happens for N = 2 and N = −1. The latter

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 6
y

IR

UV
IR
-2

-4

-6
x
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Figure 4.1: The zeroes of the one-loop β functions and the RG ow directions for
q q
3 (4π)3 
the OSp(1|2) model. The coordinates are dened via g1 = i (4π)
5
x , g2 = i
5
y,
and the red dots correspond to the stable IR xed points.

case corresponds to the 3-state Potts model xed point of the the theory with two

commuting scalars [29]: it has g1∗ = −g2∗ and enhanced Z3 symmetry.

7

The anomalous dimensions of some composite operators may be similarly obtained

from the results in [28, 29]. Let us quote the explicit result for the quadratic operators

arising from the mixture of σ2 and Ωij χi χj . These operators have the same classical

dimension, so we expect them to mix. The 2 × 2 anomalous dimension mixing matrix

γ ab was given in [28, 29] up to one-loop order. Extending those results to two-loop,

7 For N = −1, there is also a (non-unitary) solution with g1∗ = g2∗ which corresponds to two
decoupled Fisher models [37], and hence the dimensions of the fundamental elds are trivially equal.

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 we nd the mixing matrix

 
g 2 (N +4) g12 (g12 (21N −134)−6g1 g2 (2N +5)+5g22 ) N g1 (6g1 −g2 ) N g12 (18g12 +161g1 g2 +15g22 )
 − 16(4π)3 + 108(4π)6 6(4π)3
+ 108(4π)6 
 g1 (6g13 (11N +20)−g12 g2 (11N −324)+12g1 g22 −13g23 )

g1 (g2 −6g1 ) N g12 +4g22 N g12 (160g12 +36g1 g2 −41g22 )−181g24
6(4π)3
− 216(4π)6
− 6(4π) 3 + 216(4π)6

(4.9)

1
where index ` ' corresponds to the operator Ωij χi χj , 2
and index ` ' corresponds to σ2.
The diagrams contributing to the calculation are listed in Fig. 4.2.

Figure 4.2: Diagrams contributing to the mixing of σ2 and Ωij χi χj operators to two-

loop order. Notice that in these diagrams, we have not distinguished the σ eld and

χi elds. Therefore, each one of these diagrams represent several diagrams where the

elds are dierent. The solid dots represent one-loop counter terms for either the

propagator or the vertex, and the crossed dots represent one-loop counter terms for

the operator mixing.

The two eigenvectors of γ ab give the two linear combinations of σ2 and Ωij χi χj ,
and the eigenvalues γ± give their anomalous dimensions, so that ∆± = d − 2 + γ± .
We nd that one of these combinations is a conformal primary, and the other one

is a descendant of σ. Indeed, after plugging in the xed point couplings, we nd

∆− = ∆σ + 2. For instance, in the large N expansion we nd the results

−40 + 104
3
2 6800 − 34190
3
2
∆− = ∆σ + 2 = 4 + + + ... ,
N N2 (4.10)
100 − 395
3
2 −49760 + 237476
3
2
∆+ = 4 + + + ... .
N N2

Upon sending N → −N , the dimension ∆+ can be checked to be in agreement with

the available large N results for the critical exponent ω in the quartic O(N ) theory
8

[10, 79].

8 This critical exponent is related to the derivative of the beta function in the O(N ) theory with
quartic interaction; see [29] for more details on the comparison to the large N results.

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 Figure 4.3: Dierent Padé approximations of ∆χ for the N =2 model.

4.2.1 Estimating operator dimensions with Padé approxi-

mants
In the previous section we calculated  expansions for the operator dimensions of the

cubic Sp(N ) theory in d = 6 − . We may use the following Padé approximant to

estimate the behavior of operator dimensions as we continue d:

A0 + A1 d + A2 d2 + . . . + Am dm
Padém,n [d] = . (4.11)
1 + B1 d + B2 d2 + . . . + Bn dn

For N = 2, by demanding that the  expansion have the same behavior as (4.8), we

can x four coecients in the Padé approximant. Here we use Padé1,2 , and Padé2,1 ,

to obtain the following estimate for the operator dimension in d = 5:




1.467 with Padé1,2
∆N
χ
=2
= ∆N
σ
=2
≈ (4.12)


1.459 with Padé2,1 .

3
As expected, this is below the unitarity bound in d = 5, which is ∆= 2
. The plots

of dierent Padé approximants are shown in Fig. 4.3. For the next primary operator,

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whose scaling dimension is given in (4.30), using the Padé2,1 approximant we estimate

∆+ ≈ 3.35 in d = 5. In four dimensions we estimate ∆+ ≈ 2.7; this suggests that the

N =2 model does not have a free eld description near d = 4.

In the Sp(4) case, we may assume for 4<d<6 that the IR xed point of the

cubic theory (4.3) is equivalent to the UV xed point of the quartic theory (4.1).
9 If

so, then not only do we know the 6 −  expansion of ∆χ to O(3 ), we can also use the

quartic theory result in d = 4 + , which is known to O(5 ):




2 − 0.529827 − 0.01261972 + 0.01572443 in d=6−
∆χ =


1 + 0.5 − 0.031252 + 0.0156253 − 0.07309514 + 0.01955035 in d=4+

(4.13)

Together, these expansions allow us to determine ten coecients of the Padé ap-

proximant. Disregarding the approximants that have a pole, we obtain the estimate

∆N
χ
=4
≈ 1.478 in d = 5.

4.2.2 Sphere free energies

It is also interesting to compute the sphere free energy at the IR xed point in

d = 6 − . The leading order term in the  expansion for the corresponding O(N )
models was computed in [78]. Sending N → −N , we nd the following result for

F̃ = sin( πd
2
) log ZS d in the cubic Sp(N ) models

π (g2∗ )2 − 3N (g1∗ )2
F̃IR = F̃UV − 3
 + O(3 ), (4.14)
17280 (4π)

where F̃UV = (1 − N )F̃s , and F̃s the value corresponding to a free conformal scalar.

Plugging in the explicit solutions for the xed point couplings g1∗ , g2∗ , it is straight-

9 This equivalence holds for Sp(N ) models with suciently large N , but it is not completely clear
if it applies for N = 4.

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forward to verify that, for all N ≥ 2, we have

F̃UV > F̃IR . (4.15)

For instance, for N =2 we nd

π 2
F̃IR = −F̃s −  + O(3 ) . (4.16)
43200

Note that for the Fisher model [37] of the Lee-Yang edge singularity, corresponding to

N = 0 and imaginary g2∗ , the inequality (4.15) does not hold. For general non-unitary

theories the inequality does not have to hold; remarkably, it does hold for the Sp(N )
models with positive N.
Similarly, using the results of [78] for the quartic O(N ) theory in d = 4 − , we can
compute the sphere free energy at the IR xed point of the model (4.1) in d = 4 − .
We nd

π N (N − 2) 3
F̃quartic = F̃free −  + O(4 ) , (4.17)
576 (N − 8)2

where F̃free = −N F̃s . We observe that F̃free > F̃quartic is satised for all N > 2. 10
The case N =8 is special and needs to be treated separately. Here the one-loop

term in the beta function vanishes, and we have

15 3
βλ = −λ + λ + O(λ4 ). (4.18)
32π 4

32π 4
Therefore, at the IR xed point λ2∗ = 15
 + O(3/2 ), and we get

π 2
F̃quartic = F̃free −  + .... (4.19)
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10 For <0 the interacting theory has a UV xed point. So, in this case F̃free < F̃quartic , again in
agreement with the conjectured F̃ theorem.

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4.3 Symmetry enhancement for N = 2
Let us write the cubic Sp(2) model in terms of a real scalar σ and a single complex

anti-commuting fermion θ:

Z  
d µ 1 2 1 3
S= d x ∂µ θ∂ θ̄ + (∂µ σ) + g1 σθθ̄ + g2 σ . (4.20)
2 6

For g2 = 2g1 , i.e. the xed point relation (4.7), this action possesses a fermionic

symmetry with a complex anti-commuting scalar parameter α

δθ = σα , δ θ̄ = σ ᾱ , δσ = −αθ̄ + ᾱθ . (4.21)

As a consequence of this symmetry, the scaling dimensions of σ and θ are equal, as

seen explicitly in eq. (4.8). This complex fermionic symmetry enhances the Sp(2)
to OSp(1|2), which is the smallest supergroup. The full set of supergroup generators

can be given in the form

   
+ 1 ∂ ∂ − 1 ∂ ∂
Q = σ +θ , Q = σ − θ̄ ,
2 ∂ θ̄ ∂σ 2 ∂θ ∂σ
  (4.22)
∂ ∂ 1 ∂ ∂
J+ = θ , J − = θ̄ , 3
J = θ − θ̄ ,
∂ θ̄ ∂θ 2 ∂θ ∂ θ̄

and it is not hard to check that they satisfy the algebra of OSp(1|2):

 3 ±  + −
J , J = ±J ± , J , J = 2J 3 (4.23)

 3 ± 1  ± ∓
J , Q = ± Q± , J , Q = −Q± (4.24)
2
1 1
{Q± , Q± } = ± J ± , {Q+ , Q− } = J 3 (4.25)
2 2

We expect the operators of the theory to form representations of OSp(1|2). For

example, let us study the mixing of the Sp(2) singlet operators σ2 and θθ̄. Setting

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N =2 in (4.9), we nd the scaling dimensions of the two eigenstates:

2 1 8 7 2
∆+ = 4 −  + 2 + O(3 ) , ∆− = 4 − −  + O(3 ). (4.26)
3 30 15 450

The rst of these dimensions corresponds to the conformal primary operator

O+ = σ 2 + 2θθ̄, (4.27)

which is invariant under all the OSp(1|2) generators. The second corresponds to

O− = σ 2 + θθ̄, which is a conformal descendant because at the xed point it is

proportional to ∂µ ∂ µ σ by equations of motion. Indeed, we nd ∆− = ∆σ + 2.

Continuation of the results for the cubic model with OSp(1|2) global symmetry to
nite  points to the existence of such interacting CFTs in integer dimensions below

6. In [99] it was argued that the q→0 limit of the q -state Potts model is described

by the OSp(1|2) sigma model [101, 102]. There is evidence that the upper critical

dimension of the spanning forest model is 6 [100], and the 6− expansions of the

critical indices are [38, 100]

1 7 2 269 − 702ζ(3) 3
η=− −  −  + O(4 ) , (4.28)
15 225 16875
1 1 173 − 864ζ(3) 3
ν −1 = 2 −  − 2 −  + O(4 ) . (4.29)
3 30 27000

Remarkably, the operator dimensions we have calculated (4.8) and (4.26) agree with

these expansions upon the standard identications

d η
∆χ = −1+ , ∆+ = d − ν −1 . (4.30)
2 2

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Similarly, we can match the 6− expansions of the sphere free energies. For the

q -state Potts model it is not hard to show that

π(q − 1)(q − 2) 2
F̃q = (q − 1)F̃s +  + O(3 ) , (4.31)
8640(3q − 10)

and for q = 0 this matches the F̃ of our OSp(1|2) model, (4.16). These results provide

strong evidence that the OSp(1|2) symmetric IR xed point of the cubic theory (4.20)
describes the q→0 limit of the q -state Potts model.

Numerical simulations of the spanning-forest model [100], which is equivalent to

the q → 0 limit of the ferromagnetic q -state Potts model, indicate the existence

of second-order phase transitions in dimensions 3, 4 and 5. The critical exponents

found in [100] are in good agreement with the Pade extrapolations of 6 −  expansions
exhibited in section 2.1. This provides additional evidence for the existence of the

critical theories with OSp(1|2) symmetry. It would be of further interest to nd the

critical statistical models that are described by the Sp(N ) invariant theories with

N > 2.

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Chapter 5

Equivalence between the Sp(2) model

and the 0-state Potts model

5.1 Preliminaries
In this chapter, we will show that the 0-state Potts model and the Sp(2) models

are indeed equivalent at the level of tensor structures. The N + 1-state Potts model

contains a cubic interaction dened as [38]:

1 ijk i j k
gd φ φ φ . (5.1)
6

Where,
N
X +1
ijk
d = eiα ejα ekα . (5.2)

α=1

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Where the eiα satises:

N
X +1
eiα = 0 , (5.3)

α=1
N
X +1
eiα ejα = (N + 1)δ ij . (5.4)

α=1
XN
eiα eiβ = (N + 1)δαβ − 1 . (5.5)

i=1

Whereas in the O(N ) model, the coupling constants are:

d000 = 2, d0ii = di0i = dii0 = 1 , (5.6)

where the index i runs from 1 to N.

First, we note that the 4-loop results for (N + 1)-state Potts model as well as

the O(N ) cubic model have been computed in [103]. For the O(N ) cubic model, the

Sp(2) model corresponds to setting N = −2, and g2 = 2g1 = 2g , the beta function

and anomalous dimensions are:

 
g 5 3 335 5 144889 53ζ(3)
βSp2 = −  + g − g + + g7
2 4 72 5184 4
 
7502393 53π 4 5297ζ(3) 125ζ(5)
+ − + − − g9 , (5.7)
31104 144 18 3
 
1 2 25 4 14213 5ζ(3)
γφSp2 = − g + g + − + g6
6 108 7776 6
 4

78667 8π 209ζ(3) 160ζ(5)
+ + + − g8 . (5.8)
5184 135 108 9

The 0-state Potts model corresponds to N = −1, but the coupling and other

quantities are all divergent. To extract meaningful results, we set N = −1 + ∆. We

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get that the beta function and anomalous dimensions are:

   
g 5 2 3 335
βP otts = −  − + O(∆) ∆ g + − + O(∆) ∆4 g 5
2 4 72
 
144889 53ζ(3)
− + + O(∆) ∆6 g 7
5184 4
 
7502393 53π 4 5297ζ(3) 125ζ(5)
+ − + − − + O(∆) ∆8 g 9 , (5.9)
31104 144 18 3
     
1 2 2 25 4 4 14213 5ζ(3)
γφP otts = + O(∆) ∆ g + + O(∆) ∆ g + − + O(∆) ∆6 g 6
6 108 7776 6
 
78667 8π 4 209ζ(3) 160ζ(5)
+ + + − + O(∆) ∆8 g 8 . (5.10)
5184 135 108 9

Notice that the terms are very similar to the Sp(2) model in the ∆ → 0 limit, if we
rescale g → g/∆. In fact, the only dierence is that the terms have alternating signs in

successive loop orders. Namely, one loop contributions have opposite signs, two loop

contributions have the same sign, three loop contributions have the opposite sign, etc.

However, these are completely equivalent if we make the substitution g 2 → −g 2 , as

one could easily verify. Therefore, they will give exactly the same answer for physical

quantities such as the anomalous dimension at the xed point.

This strongly suggests that the two models might be equivalent. We will show that

the tensor structures are indeed equal for general zero, two and three-point functions,

up to the alternating sign at successive loop order.

5.2 Review of Potts model tensor calculation

This section reviews the diagrammatic technique used in [38] by considering the fol-

lowing 3 point function example 5.1, which we will refer to as T5 : We have:

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 Figure 5.1: Diagram for what Gracey calls T5

X
T5 dijk = dil1 l2 djl3 l4 dkl5 l6 dl1 l3 l5 dl2 l4 l6 (5.11)

l1 ,...,l6
X X
= (eiα1 elα11 elα21 )(ejα2 elα32 elα42 ) . . . (elα25 elα45 elα65 ) . (5.12)

α1 ,...,α5 l1 ,...,l6

Now we perform the sum over the l's, using 5.5, for example:

X
elα11 elα14 = (N + 1)δα1 α4 − 1 . (5.13)

l1

We will get 6 such factors, then we have:

X
T5 dijk = eiα1 ejα2 ekα3 [(N + 1)δα1 α4 − 1][(N + 1)δα1 α5 − 1][(N + 1)δα2 α4 − 1]
α1 ,...,α5

(5.14)

[(N + 1)δα3 α5 − 1][(N + 1)δα2 α5 − 1][(N + 1)δα3 α4 − 1] . (5.15)

If we multiply the 6 factors out, we will get 64 terms, carrying various powers of

(N + 1) and −1. Each of these terms can be thought of as a coloring of the original

6 propagators in the graph. Each solid line corresponds to a factor of (N + 1), while

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each dashed line corresponds to a factor −1. We will have one diagram where all 6

lines are solid, 6 diagrams where 5 lines are solid..., until one diagram where all lines

are dashed. Notice also that from 5.3, a three-point diagram will only be non-zero

if all its vertices are connected by solid lines, since an isolated vertex will give zero.

Also, when there are free clusters of isolated solid lines in the middle of the diagram,

each would contribute another factor of (N + 1) from having a free index in the sum.

Likewise, a vertex with three dashed lines can be considered as a trivial cluster, and

also contribute a factor of (N + 1) due to having a free index under the sum.

Let's consider our example T5 . There are:

One diagram with no dashed lines: (N + 1)6 .

6 diagrams with one dashed line: −6(N + 1)5 .
15 diagrams with two dashed lines, but three of them don't contribute since they

have isolated points. 12(N + 1)4 .

2 diagrams with three dashed lines. Each of them contain an isolated trivial

cluster, giving an additional factor of (N + 1), we get: −2(N + 1)4 .

No diagrams with four or more dashed lines since the outer vertices would no

longer be connected.

In total, we have T5 = (N + 1)6 − 6(N + 1)5 + 10(N + 1)4 .

In the N → −1 limit, only the lowest power contributes (in this case 10(N + 1)4 ),
since other terms are higher order in ∆. So we only need to nd the lowest term for

each tensor structure.

This has a natural interpretation. It can be easily argued using induction [38],

that all terms contributing to the lowest power of (N + 1) have no solid line cycles,

i.e. it consists of only (possibly disconnected) trees, also known as a forest.

Thus, in order to compute the tensor structures in the 0-state Potts model, we

need to enumerate the forests, while remembering that each one will carry +1 or −1
depending on how many dashed lines there are.

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 Our proof will be roughly as follows. The ma jority of the work will be to rst

show that all two-point tensor structures are the same in the Potts model and the

Sp(2) model. Then we can use this to deduce that it holds for three-point functions

and zero point functions as well.

5.3 Prove the equivalence for two-point functions

5.3.1 Some general observations about the diagrams

First, let's consider the Potts model. For any given two-point tensor structure, it will

only be non-zero if there's a solid line going through the middle and connecting the

two outer points. There must be one and only one such line for each forest, otherwise

there will be a cycle. For each forest, we call this line the principal line. There can

be trees that are connected to the principal line, which we call rooted trees, and

there can be trees not connected to the principal line, which we call isolated trees.

In the Sp(N ) model, we only consider the two-point function of θθ̄. For the same

topology, the tensor value for σσ must be the same due to Osp(1|2) invariance that

was proved in chapter 4. To motivate the analogy to the Potts model case, we will

denote lines of θ by solids, and σ by dashes. It can be easily reasoned that because all

vertices in Sp(N ) model are either dash-dash-dash or dash-solid-solid, for a Feynman

diagram to be valid, it must be that there is again one and only one principal line

connecting the two outer points. If this is not the case, then a solid line must either

terminate (resulting in an invalid vertex of solid-dash-dash), or self-intersect (resulting

in an invalid vertex of solid-solid-solid). In this case, there can be no rooted trees or

isolated trees in a valid Feynman diagram. However, there can be other cycles not

connected to the principal line. Further. the cycles do not share any edges.

5.2 shows an example of possible structures of a given topology in the Potts case

and the Sp(2) case, with the same principal line.

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 Figure 5.2: Example illustrating various terminologies.

In the proof we will also need the following fact. We start with a given topology

and a principal line. Suppose there are P vertices on the principal line. V vertices

outside of the principal line, and E edges not on the principal line. We have the

following relation:

2E = 3V + P . (5.16)

This can be reasoned as follows. Suppose we rst add in the vertices without any

edges (except those on the principal line). Since the interaction is cubic, every single

vertex must have 3 edges. Each of the P vertex on the principal line already has

2 edges, so they need 1 more edge. Each of the additional V vertices not on the

principal line needs 3 edges each. Whenever we add an edge not on the principal line,

we saturate two edges. Hence the above relation.

Therefore, we have:

V +P total number of vertices

E−V = = = number of loops in the diagram .
2 2
(5.17)

We will use this fact later on.

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 We will prove a stronger statement than the original claim. We will show that for

a given topology and an arbitrary principal line, the tensor factors calculated from the

0-state Potts model agree with the Sp(2) model, with a factor of (−1)loop order . Since

this equivalence holds for any principal line, the equivalence extends to all tensor

structures of that topology, and our original claim follows.

5.3.2 Dening three sets of graphs: GC , GF , GA

The proof relies on the relations between three quantities, which we will dene now.

Given a topology and a xed principal line, with V vertices and E edges outside of

the principle line, where each edge can be either dashed or solid, we dene three sets

of graphs.

1. The set of cycle graphs, {GC }, consisting of all graphs on the topology

where there can be zero or more solid line cycles. These cycles cannot intersect

with the principal line, or themselves. These clearly have a 1-to-1 correspondence

with Feynman diagrams in the Sp(2) model. Each vertex is either dash-dash-dash or

dash-solid-solid. For each individual graph gC ∈ GC , suppose it has L total vertices

contained in n solid line cycles (hence V − L vertices not contained in them) we dene
its value to be V (gc ) = 2V −L × (−2)n . This corresponds to the value of the Feynman

diagram in the Sp(2) model. Since there will be V −L dash-dash-dash vertices, each

carrying a factor of 2, and n closed fermion loops, each carrying a factor of −N ,

where the number of species N =2 in our case. Therefore the sum of all graphs in

GC equals to the sum of all Feynman diagrams in the Sp(2) model with the given

topology and principal line.

2. The set of forest graphs, {GF }, consisting of all graphs on the topology where
there are no solid lines cycles, including those formed with the principal line. These

are just the set of all forest diagrams on the given topology, which have a 1-to-1

correspondence with the diagrammatic method of calculating the tensor factor of the

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0-state Potts model. for each individual graph gF ∈ GF , suppose it has k solid edges

outside of the principal line (hence it has E −k dashed lines) we dene its value to be

(−1)E−k . Therefore the sum of the value of all graphs in GF gives exactly the tensor

factor in the 0-state Potts model with the given topology and principal line.

Therefore our goal is to show the sum of value of all graphs in GC is equal to

GF . To do so we need to dene the following quantity which, unlike the other two

quantities, does not have an obvious interpretation in terms of Feynman diagrams of

either theory.

3. The set of arrow graphs, {GA }, consists of all graphs on the topology where

we draw arrows on each edge with the following rules. Imagine initially all edges not

on the principal line are dashes. For each of the V vertex not on the principle line, we

make one of four choices: to color one of the three lines connected to this vertex to be

solids (each of these choice carry a factor of 1, we say that such a vertex is owing),

or not coloring any of the lines and leaving them as dashed (this carries a factor of

−1, we call such a vertex empty). The value of an individual graph gA ∈ GA is just

the product of all the value on its vertices, which is V (gA ) = (−1)# of empty vertices .
Let's look at the properties of {GA }. We can make each of the 4 choices indepen-

dently for each vertex, getting a total of 4V possibilities. If we sum the value of all

such 4V diagrams, we will get (3 − 1)V = 2V , since the choice made on each vertex is

independent.

Notice that we allow a line to be colored twice by its two adjacent vertices. We

will keep track of which vertex colored which line with arrows. If a line connecting

vertices A and B is colored by A, then an arrow is drawn on the line pointing away

from A, likewise for B. If a line is colored by both vertices, we draw a double arrow.

This is illustrated in 5.3. Since each vertex can color up to 1 of its adjacent lines,

there can never be more than one arrow coming out of any vertex.

Let us now look at the properties of the diagrams in {GA }.

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Figure 5.3: Line 1 is colored by vertex A, line 2 is double-colored by vertices B and

C. All 3 vertices are owing.

Figure 5.4: Illustrating some properties of GA

1. It is impossible to create a cycle with part of the principal line. Since in order

to form a cycle with the principle line, you would need to color (k + 1) lines with only
k vertices, which is impossible. See 5.4 (a).

2. While it is possible to create a cycle disconnected from the principal line, it

must be a simple cycle. For example, if you want to form a double cycle, with k
vertices, you need at least (k+1) colored lines. See 5.4 (b). Thus, all cycles created

must be disjoint.

Our main proof proceeds as follows. First we will show that the sum of all diagrams

in GC corresponds to the sum of all diagrams in GA that does not result in any cycles,

ie. all forest diagrams in GA .

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 Then we will show that sum of all the forest diagrams in GA equals to the sum of

diagrams in GF times the factor (−1)E−V , which we've shown to be (−1)number of loops .
This explains the observation we made in the beginning of this chapter that the

successive loops have alternating signs.

5.3.3 Relation between GA and GC

In this section we will show that the sum of all diagrams in GC corresponds to the

sum of all forest diagrams in GA .

First we look at the diagram in GC where all lines outside the principal line are

dashes, there is only one such diagram. That means all of the V vertices outside the

principal line are dash-dash-dash, with each contributing a factor of 2. This diagram

has value 2V . On the other hand, as we've already noted, the sum of all diagrams in

GA is exactly 2V .
Conclusion 1: the only diagram with no cycle in GC is equal to the sum

of all diagrams in GA
Now we look at a diagram in GC where there is exactly one solid line cycle.

Suppose the cycle has length L. This diagram has V −L triple dash vertices, each

contributing a factor of 2, and L solid-solid-dash vertices, each contributing a factor

of 1. Finally, it has a solid line cycle, which gives an additional factor of N = −2. In

total, it has value −2 × 2V −L .

Now consider all the diagrams in GA where that particular cycle is solid. We don't

care about the choice of other vertices (in particular, they can form additional cycles).

So the other V −L vertices contribute a factor of 2V −L . The remaining L vertices in

a loop must all be owing. Further they either all ow clockwise or counterclockwise,

giving 2 possibilities, and each owing vertex gives a factor of 1. In total the sum of

all such diagrams is 2 × 2V −L .

The above argument can be easily generalized to any other cycle. So we have:

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 Conclusion 2: the sum of diagrams with exactly one cycle in GC is equal

to the negative of the sum of all diagrams with at least one cycle in GA
Now we look at a diagram in GC with exactly 2 solid line cycles. As we argued

before the two cycles must be disjoint. Suppose the length of the two cycles are L1 and
L2 . Then the value of this diagram is the product of: 2V −L1 −L2 (for the triple-dash

vertices), (1)L1 +L2 (for the solid-solid-dash vertices), and N 2 = 4.

in GA , it corresponds to all diagrams with these two particular cycles, regardless

of the choices of the other V − L1 − L2 vertices. However, each of these cycles have 2

ways to be connected (clockwise or counterclockwise), therefore there is an additional

factor of 4.
Conclusion 3: the sum of diagrams with exactly two cycles in GC is

equal to the sum of all diagrams with at least two cycle in GA

We can see how this generalizes. Let GC,n denote the sum of all diagrams in GC
with exactly n cycles. When we sum up all possible diagrams in GC , we get,:

X
GC = GC,0 + GC,1 + GC2 + . . . . (5.18)

all diagrams

Then let GA,n+ be the sum of all diagrams in GA with at least n cycles, we have:

X
GC = GC,0 + GC,1 + GC,2 + GC,3 . . . , (5.19)

all diagrams
= GA,0+ − GA,1+ + GA,2+ − GA,3+ + . . . . (5.20)

In other words, we have the sum of: all diagrams in GA , minus all diagrams with

at least one cycle in GA , plus all diagrams with at least two cycles in GA , etc. By

the principle of inclusion and exclusion, the sum is exactly equal to the sum of all

diagrams with no cycles in GA , leaving only the forest diagrams in GA .

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Figure 5.5: There is only one possible coloring for a rooted tree: every arrow points

towards the root.

Therefore, we nally conclude that, the sum of all diagrams in GC is equal to the

sum of all forest diagrams in GA .

5.3.4 Relation between GA and GF

Now we will argue that each diagram in GF (which is a forest) is counted with

exactly weight 1 in GA , up to an overall factor depending on the number of loops in

the topology. Therefore if the sum of all diagrams in GF is also equal to the sum of

all forest diagrams in GA , establishing our original claim.

Case 1: a single rooted tree If the forest diagram contains a single rooted

tree with k vertices and nothing else, there are k vertices which need to color exactly

k lines. All k vertices must be owing and the direction of the arrow is xed, as

illustrated in 5.5. Thus, there is exactly one conguration which colors each rooted

tree. Suppose there are V vertices and E edges in total. in GA , k of the vertices are

owing, (V − k) of them are empty, and hence it has a factor of (−1)V −k . In GF ,

there are E−k dashed lines, it carries a factor (−1)E−k . Thus, to match the overall

factor, we must multiply the Potts result by (−1)E−V = (−1)number of loops .

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Figure 5.6: There are (k+1) choices for the empty vertex, and k choice for the double-

colored line. But they have opposite signs.

Case 2: a single isolated tree For a single isolated tree in GA , there are k+1
vertices which need to color k lines. This means that either one of the vertices doesn't

color any lines, or one of the lines is double colored. There are k + 1 choices for where
the empty vertex is, and k choices for where the double-colored line is. However,

there is a sign dierence due to the fact that if a vertex doesn't color any lines, it carries

a factor −1. Thus, the total factor is (−1)V −k (k + 1) + (−1)V −k−1 k = (−1)V −k . This

is illustrated in 5.6 Notice that the same graph in GF will carry a factor of (−1)E−k .
Again, in order to match the Potts model, we need an overall factor of (−1)E−V . This

is consistent with case 1.

Case 3: multiple rooted tree and isolated trees This is a simple generaliza-

tion of the previous two cases, indeed the GA value is again consistent with the GF
value, up to the same overall factor.

Combining the results from the previous section, we see that, for a given topology

and a given principal line:

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 X X
GF = (−1)#of loops GA (5.21)

all diagrams all forest diagrams

X
= (−1)#of loops GC . (5.22)

all diagrams

This proves our claim, that for a given two-point function topology and principal

line, the value of the tensor structure in the Sp(2) model is equal to that in the 0-
state Potts model. If we sum over all possible principal lines, the equality still holds.

Therefore all two-point function tensor structures in the Sp(2) model are equal to

that of the 0-state Potts model.

5.4 three-point functions and zero point functions

The generalization to 3-point functions is rather simple. Suppose we have a three-

point function T3 dijk in the Potts model. We would like to show that it's equal to a

three-point function in the Sp(2) model. Again, there are two choices of three-point

functions in the Sp(2) case: σ 3 or σθθ̄, we can choose either one due to supersymmetry
(except σ3 is bigger by a factor of 2), so for convenience, we choose the latter.

We can convert the 3-point function to a 2-point function by merging two of its

lines into one (In the Sp(2) case, we must merge the σ line with one of the two θ
lines). This eectively creates a new two-point function tensor structure T2new related

to T3 via:
X
T2new = T3 dijk dijl = T3 T2 δ il , (5.23)

j,k

where T2 is the simplest one loop tensor structure dijk djkl .

Thus, to show that T3 is equal, we just need T2 and T2new being equal, which is

true.

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 The generalization to zero point functions is also simple. Notice that relation 5.20

still holds when we ignore the existence of the principal line. The consideration for

diagrams in GF is also simpler because there will only be isolated trees, and no rooted

trees. The equivalence will continue to hold without any issue.

Notice that the equality between all zero point functions in the two models imply

that their sphere free energy F will be the same.

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Chapter 6

Yukawa CFTs and Emergent

Supersymmetry

6.1 Introduction and Summary

This chapter is based on the work published in [31], co-authored with Simone Giombi,

Igor Klebanov, and Grigory Tarnopolsky. We also thank David Gross, David Poland,

Silviu Pufu and David Simmons-Dun for useful discussions.

Physical applications of relativistic quantum eld theories with four-fermion in-

teractions date back to Fermi's theory of beta decay. The rst application to strong

interactions was the seminal Nambu and Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. In the original

paper [104] they considered the model in 3 + 1 dimensions with a single 4-component
Dirac fermion and Lagrangian

g

LNJL = ψ̄6 ∂ψ + (ψ̄ψ)2 − (ψ̄γ5 ψ)2 . (6.1)
2

In addition to the U (1) symmetry ψ → eiβ ψ , this Lagrangian possesses the U (1)
chiral symmetry under ψ → eiαγ5 ψ . Using the gap equation it was shown that the

chiral U (1) can be broken spontaneously, giving rise to the massless Nambu-Goldstone
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boson. This was the discovery of the crucial role of chiral symmetry breaking in the

physics of strong interactions.

One of the goals of this chapter is to study a generalization of (6.1) to Nf 4-

component Dirac fermions ψj , j = 1, . . . Nf :

g

LNJL = ψ̄j 6 ∂ψ j + (ψ̄j ψ j )2 − (ψ̄j γ5 ψ j )2 , (6.2)
2

and its continuation to dimensions below 4. We dene N = 4Nf , so that N is the

number of 2-component Majorana fermions in d = 3. In addition to the chiral U (1)

symmetry ψj → eiαγ5 ψj this multi-avor NJL model possesses a U (Nf ) symmetry.
1

When considered in 2<d<4 this model gives rise to an interacting conformal eld

theory which describes the second-order phase transition separating the phases where

the U (1) chiral symmetry is broken and restored.

In addition to studying the NJL model with the U (1) chiral symmetry, we will

present new results for the Gross-Neveu (GN) model [25], which has a simpler quartic

interaction

g
LGN = ψ̄j 6 ∂ψ j + (ψ̄j ψ j )2 . (6.3)
2

Instead of the continuous chiral symmetry it possesses the discrete chiral symmetry

ψj → γ5 ψj . As discovered in [25], in d = 2 this theory is asymptotically free for N > 2.

When considered in 2<d<4 this is believed to be an interacting conformal eld

theory which describes the second-order phase transition where the discrete chiral

symmetry is broken.

In d > 2 the four-fermion interactions (6.2) and (6.3) are non-renormalizable.

While they are renormalizable in the sense of the 1/N expansion [107], at nite N it

1 It is also often called the chiral Gross-Neveu model [25]; in d = 2 it is equivalent to the SU (2Nf )
Thirring model [105, 106].

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is important to know the UV completion of these theories. In [26, 27] it was suggested

that the UV completion in 2 < d < 4 is provided by the appropriate Yukawa theories.
The UV completion of the GN model (6.3) contains a real scalar eld σ and Nf
4-component Dirac fermions ψj , j = 1, . . . Nf :

1 1
LGNY = (∂µ σ)2 + ψ̄j 6 ∂ψ j + g1 σ ψ̄j ψ j + g2 σ 4 . (6.4)
2 24

This theory, known as the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa (GNY) model, will be discussed in

section 6.2.

The UV completion of the U (1) symmetric NJL model (6.2), which contains a

complex scalar eld φ = φ1 + iφ2 , was introduced in [27]:

1 1 1
LNJLY = (∂µ φ1 )2 + (∂µ φ2 )2 + ψ̄j ∂/ψ j + g1 ψ̄j (φ1 + iγ5 φ2 )ψ j + g2 (φφ̄)2 . (6.5)
2 2 24

It has a continuous U (1) chiral symmetry under

2

ψj → eiαγ5 ψj , φ → e−2iα φ . (6.6)

This theory, which we will call the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa model (NJLY), will

be discussed in section 6.3.

There is a large body of literature on the GN and NJL CFTs in d=3 and their

applications; see, for example, [109, 26, 27, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 3, 116,

117, 118, 119]. We will carry out further studies of these CFTs using the 4− and

2 +  expansions followed by Padé extrapolations. In addition to studying the scaling

dimensions of some low-lying operators, we will calculate the sphere free energy F.
The latter determines the universal entanglement entropy across a circle [66], and is

2 In d = 3, one may express the Lagrangian (6.2) in terms of 2N 2-component Dirac spinors
f
χi , χi+Nf by writing ψ i = (χi , χi+Nf ), i = 1, . . . , Nf . See for instance [108] for the explicit relation
i±
between 4-component and 2-component notations in 3d. The 2-component spinors χ
√ = (χi ±
χi+Nf )/ 2 have charge ±1 under the U (1) symmetry (6.6).

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the quantity that enters the F -theorem [120, 54, 50, 67]. We will also discuss CT ,
the normalization of the correlation function of two stress-energy tensors. For the

GN model, the 1/N and  expansions of CT were studied in [119]; in this chapter we

extend these results to the NJL model and also provide the numerical estimates in

d=3 for various values of N.

When considered for Nf = 1/2, i.e. the single 4-component Majorana fermion

(which is equivalent to one Dirac fermion in d = 3), the NJLY model is expected to

ow to the well-known supersymmetric Wess-Zumino model with 4 supercharges. In

d<4 this theory denes a CFT with emergent supersymmetry" [121, 122], in the

sense that the RG ow drives the interactions to a supersymmetric IR stable xed

point, where the global U (1) symmetry becomes the U (1)R symmetry (see gure 6.1).

We will provide additional evidence for this using the 4− expansion of the NJLY

model with Nf = 1/2 to two loops, both for certain scaling dimensions and for the

sphere free energy. A three-loop calculation of scaling dimensions, which supports

the emergent supersymmetry, was carried out recently [123].

Even more intriguingly, when the GNY model is continued to Nf = 1/4, which

corresponds to a single 2-component Majorana fermion in d = 3, it appears to ow

to a CFT with 2 supercharges [121, 124, 125, 118, 126]. We will show that the O(2 )
corrections to scaling dimensions of operators continue to respect this emergent super-

symmetry.
3 This provides new support for the existence of an N = 1 supersymmetric
CFT in d = 3. Our Padé extrapolations of operator dimensions including the 2 cor-

rections are in good agreement with the conformal bootstrap approach to the N =1
supersymmetric CFT in d = 3 [118]. We also estimate CT and F for this theory.

These results will be presented in section 6.4.

3 This is reminiscent of the symmetry enhancement from Sp(2) to the supergroup OSp(1|2) at
the IR stable xed point of a cubic theory in 6− dimensions in chapter 4.

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 GNY model with N=1

8
●
6 =1 SUSY
◆
4 Ising

g2
2

0 ■
UV
-2 ?
▼
-4
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
2
(g1 )

NJLY model with N=2

10
●
=2 SUSY
5 ◆
O(2)
g2

0 ■
UV

-5 ?
▼

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
2
(g1 )

Figure 6.1: RG ow and xed point structure for the GNY model with N =1 (one

Majorana fermion in d = 3) and the NJLY model with N =2 (one Dirac fermion in

d = 3), obtained from the one-loop β -functions (6.7) and (6.68) in d = 4 − . The

attractive IR xed points have emergent" supersymmetry with 2 and 4 supercharges

respectively. The red triangles denote unstable xed points with negative quartic

potential which can be seen in the one-loop analysis in d = 4 − ; their fate in d=3
is unclear.

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6.2 The Gross-Neveu-Yukawa Model
The β -functions for the GNY model with action (6.4) in d = 4 − , up to two-loop

order, are [114]

4

1  2 2 4
 1  6 4 2 2 17g23 
βg2 = −g2 + 3g2 + 2N g1 g2 − 12N g1 + 96N g1 + 7N g1 g2 − 3N g1 g2 − ,
(4π)2 (4π)4 3
 N +6 3 1  3 5 3 g1 g22 
βg1 = − g1 + g + − (4N + 3)g1 − 2g1 g2 + , (6.7)
2 2(4π)2 1 (4π)4 4 12

where N = Nf tr1 = 4Nf . The model possesses an IR stable xed point at the critical

couplings gi∗ given by

√
(g1∗ )2 1 (N + 66) N 2 + 132N + 36 − N 2 + 516N + 882 2
2
= + 3
 + O(3 ) ,
(4π) N +6 108(N + 6)
∗
√
g2 2
−N + 6 + N + 132N + 36 1
2
= + √
(4π) 6(N + 6) 54(N + 6)3 N 2 + 132N + 36

× 3N 4 + 155N 3 + 2745N 2 − 2538N + 7344
√ 
3 2
− (3N − 43N − 1545N − 1224) N + 132N + 36 2 + O(3 ) .
2

(6.8)

16π 2 
Of course, there is also a xed point g1∗ = 0, g2∗ = g2Ising = 3
+ O(2 ) which

corresponds to the decoupled product of the single-scalar Wilson-Fisher xed point

and Nf free fermions. By looking at the derivative of the beta functions at the xed

points, one can verify that (6.8) is attractive for all Nf , so one can ow to it from the
Ising" xed point along a relevant direction. Let us mention that there is formally

√
also a third xed point obtained from (6.8) by changing the sign of N 2 + 132N + 36.
This xed point is unstable in d = 4− due to the negative quartic coupling, g2∗ < 0,
but its dimensional continuation may produce a CFT in d = 3.
4 We have reproduced them using the general two-loop results [127, 128, 129, 130, 131] for the
Yukawa theories, which are reviewed in the Appendix.

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 The scaling dimensions of σ and ψ are found to be [114]

 
 1 2 1 1 2 5 4
∆σ = 1 − + Ng + g − Ng ,
2 2(4π)2 1 (4π)4 12 2 4 1
3− 1 1
∆ψ = + 2
g12 − 4
(3N + 1)g14 . (6.9)
2 2(4π) 8(4π)

At the IR stable xed point (6.8), one gets

5

√
3 52N 2 − 57N + 36 + (11N + 6) N 2 + 132N + 36 2
∆σ = 1 − +  + O(3 ) ,
N +6 36(N + 6)3
√
3 N +5 −82N 2 + 3N + 720 + (N + 66) N 2 + 132N + 36 2
∆ψ = − +  + O(3 ) .
2 2(N + 6) 216(N + 6)3
(6.10)

These dimensions agree with [112] after correcting some typos in eq. (11) of that

paper (in particular, the coecient 33 should be changed to 3). Our O() term in ∆ψ
corrects a typo in eq. (4.44) of [3].

16π 2 
Setting g1∗ = 0, g2∗ = 3
+ O(2 ) in (6.9), we may also recover the result at the

 2
Ising xed point ∆Ising
σ = 1− 2
+ 108
+ O(3 ). One can then see that the Yukawa

operator σ ψ̄ψ is relevant at this decoupled xed point, and can trigger a ow to the

IR stable xed point (6.8). We expect this to be true in d = 3 as well, since it is

known that ∆3d

σ
Ising
≈ 0.518 [57], and so ∆3d Ising
σ ψ̄ψ
≈ 2.518 < 3.
The anomalous dimension of the operator σ2, which determines the critical expo-

nent ν −1 = 2 − γσ2 , may be read o from eq. (18) of [114]

g2 1
γσ2 = − (g 2 + N g2 g12 − 2N g14 ) + 2γσ . (6.11)
(4π) 2 (4π)4 2
5 Throughout the chapter, one can obtain the corresponding  expansions at the unstable xed
point by changing the sign of the square root.

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At the xed point (6.8) we nd

√
N 2 + 132N + 36 − N − 30 1
∆σ2 = d − 2 + γσ2 = 2 + + √
6(N + 6) 54(N + 6) N 2 + 132N + 36
3
 √
× (3N 3 + 109N 2 + 510N + 684) N 2 + 132N + 36

− 3N 4 − 658N 3 − 333N 2 − 15174N + 4104 2 + O(3 ) . (6.12)

We have also calculated the one-loop anomalous dimensions of the operators ψ̄ψ and

σ3:

(N + 2)g12 3g2
∆ψ̄ψ = + 2∆ψ , ∆σ3 = + 3∆σ . (6.13)
(4π)2 (4π)2

At higher orders these operator will mix, and one has to nd the eigenvalues of their

mixing matrix. At the xed point (6.8), we nd

√
3 N 2 + 132N + 36 − N − 12
∆ψ̄ψ =3−  + O(2 ) , ∆σ3 =3+  + O(2 ) .
N +6 2(N + 6)
(6.14)

The rst of these dimensions corresponds to a descendant of σ, as can be seen from

the fact that it equals 2 + ∆σ .

Let us also review the known result for the 4− expansion of CT in the GNY

model, which was discussed in [119]; the diagrams contributing to the term ∼ g12 are

shown in g. 4.7 there. Evaluation of these diagrams yields

 
5N (g1∗ )2 d N 1 5N 
CT = N CT,f + CT,s − 2
= 2 + − , (6.15)
12(4π) Sd 2 d − 1 12(N + 6)

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where Sd = 2π d/2 /Γ(d/2), and we used the values of CT for free scalar and fermion

theories:

d d
CT,s = , CT,f = . (6.16)
(d − 1)Sd2 2Sd2

6.2.1 Free energy on S 4−

In order to renormalize the theory on curved space, one should add to the action all

the relevant curvature couplings that are marginal in d=4− [132, 133]

Z
√  1 d−2 g2,0 4
SGNY = dd x g ψ̄i 6 ∂ψ i + (∂µ σ)2 + Rσ 2 + g1,0 σ ψ̄i ψ i + σ
2 8(d − 1) 24
(6.17)
η0 
+ Rσ 2 + a0 W 2 + b0 E + c0 R2 ,
2

where R is the scalar curvature, W 2 is the square of the Weyl tensor, and E the Euler

density

E = Rµνλρ Rµνλρ − 4Rµν Rµν + R2 . (6.18)

The parameters η0 , a0 , b0 , c0 are bare curvature couplings whose renormalization can

be xed order by order in perturbation theory. On a sphere, the Weyl square term

drops out, and to the order we work below we will only need the renormalization of

the Euler coupling b0 (the R2 term and the renormalization of conformal coupling

are expected to play a role at higher orders [132, 133, 130]). The corresponding beta

function can be extracted from the results of [130, 134], and we nd

 
11N/4 + 1 1 1 9 6 3 2 6 1 4 1 2 2
βb = b − − N g + N g1 + N g1 g2 − N g1 g2 + . . . ,
360(4π)2 (4π)8 36 32 1 8 4 96
(6.19)

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where b is the renormalized coupling, and its the relation to the bare one b0 = µ− (b −
11N/4+1
360(4π)2 
+. . .) can be inferred from the above beta function. The coupling independent
term is related to the a-anomaly of the free fermions and scalar.

The calculation of the sphere free energy now proceeds as in [135, 136]. Keeping

terms that contribute up to order 2 , we have

Z
1 2 √ √
F = N Ff + Fs − g1,0 dd xdd y gx gy hσ ψ̄ψ(x)σ ψ̄ψ(y)i0
2
Z
1 2 √ √
− 2
g2,0 dd xdd y gx gy hσ 4 (x)σ 4 (y)i0
2!(4!)
Z
1 4 √ √ √ √
− g1,0 dd xdd ydd zdd w gx gy gz gw hσ ψ̄ψ(x)σ ψ̄ψ(y)σ ψ̄ψ(z)σ ψ̄ψ(w)i0 + δFb ,
4!
(6.20)

R √
where δFb = b0 dd x gE is the contribution of the curvature term, and Ff , Fs are

the sphere free energies of free fermion and scalar, which can be found in [78]. Starting

from the at space propagators

1 γ µ (x − y)µ
hσ(x)σ(y)i = Cφ , hψi (x)ψ̄ j (y)i = δij Cψ , (6.21)
|x − y|d−2 |x − y|d

d d
where Cφ = Γ( d2 − 1)/(4π 2 ) and Cψ = Γ( d2 )/(2π 2 ), and then Weyl transforming to

the sphere, we nd

Z Z √ √
d √ √
d 2 d d
gx gy 2 3d
d xd y gx gy hσ ψ̄ψ(x)σ ψ̄ψ(y)i0 = N Cφ Cψ d xd y = N C φ C ψ I2 ( − 2) ,
s(x, y)3d−4 2
Z Z √ √
d d √ √ 4 4 4 d d
gx gy
d xd y gx gy hσ (x)σ (y)i0 = 4!Cφ d xd y 4(d−2)
= 4!Cφ4 I2 (2d − 4) .
s(x, y)
(6.22)

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Here I2 (∆) denotes the integrated 2-point function of an operator of dimension ∆,
which is given by [137, 138, 50]

Z √ √ 1−d d+ 21


dd xdd y gx gy 2(d−∆) 2 π Γ d2 − ∆
I2 (∆) = = (2R)
. (6.23)
s(x, y)2∆ Γ d+1
2
Γ(d − ∆)

For the 4-point function, we nd

1
hσ ψ̄ψ(x)σ ψ̄ψ(y)σ ψ̄ψ(z)σ ψ̄ψ(w)i0 = 6N 2 Cφ2 Cψ4
s2d−2 2d−2 d−2 d−2
xy szw sxw syz
   
s2xw s2yz − s2xz s2yw + s2xy s2zw 2 1
− 3N Cφ2 Cψ4 × + ,
(sxy syz szw sxw )d (sxy szw )d−2 (sxz syw )d−2
(6.24)

where we used a shorthand notation for the chordal distance sxy ≡ s(x, y). The

integral of this 4-point function over the sphere cannot be calculated explicitly, but

one can nd it as a series in d = 4 − . For this we used the Mellin-Barnes approach,

which is described in [135, 136]. The result for the integral reads

Z
√ √ √ √
dd xdd ydd zdd w gx gy gz gw hσ ψ̄ψ(x)σ ψ̄ψ(y)σ ψ̄ψ(z)σ ψ̄ψ(w)i0 =


N (N + 6) N N − 6 + 6(N + 6)(3 + γ + log(4πR2 ))
=− − + O().
2(4π)4  12(4π)4
(6.25)

Putting everything together, we nd for the free energy in d=4−

1 2 3
1 2 4
F = N Ff + Fs − g1,0 N Cφ Cψ2 I2 d − 2 − g C I2 (2d − 4)
2 2 2 · 4! 2,0 φ

 
1 4 N (N + 6) N N − 6 + 6(N + 6)(3 + γ + log(4πR2 ))
+ g1,0 + + O() + δFb .
4! 2(4π)4  12(4π)4
(6.26)

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Now replacing the bare couplings with the renormalized ones


 N + 6 g13 
 11N/4 + 1 
 −
g1,0 = µ 2 g1 + + ... , g2,0 = µ g2 + . . . , b0 = µ b− + ...
32π 2  360(4π)2 
(6.27)

we nd that all pole cancels, and the free energy is a nite function of the renormalized

couplings g1 , g2 , b.6
As explained in [135], in order to calculate the free energy at the critical point we

should now tune all couplings, including b, to their xed point values. Using (6.8),

we get

N
F = N F f + Fs −
48(N + 6)
√

(N + 99N + 18) N 2 + 132N + 36 + (80N 2 + 2103N + 6381) N + 108 2
2
−
7776(N + 6)3
+ δFb + O(3 ) . (6.28)

From the curvature beta function (6.19), we nd at the critical point

 
11N/4 + 1 1 1 9 3 1 1 1
b∗ = + N (g1∗ )6 + N 2 (g1∗ )6 + N (g1∗ )4 g2∗ − N (g1∗ )2 (g2∗ )2
360(4π)  (4π)8 36
2 32 8 4 96 
(6.29)

R √
and, using (6.8) and dd x gE = 64π 2 +O(), we nd that the Euler term contributes

√ √
N (882 + 66 N 2 + 132N + 36 + N (516 − N + N 2 + 132N + 36)) 2
δFb =  + O(3 ) .
15552(N + 6)3
(6.30)

6 Note that the coupling dependent part in the renormalization of b is necessary to cancel poles
coming from diagrams at the next order. However, we still have to carefully include the Euler term,
as in [135, 136], as it aects the free energy at the xed point to order 2 .

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Substituting this into (6.28), and writing the result in terms of F̃ = − sin(πd/2)F ,
we nd

N π2 1 
F̃ = N F̃f + F̃s − − 3
161N 3 + 3690N 2 + 11880N + 216
96(N + 6) 31104(N + 6)

√ 

+ N + 132N + 36 N + 132N + 36 π3 + O 4 .
2 2 (6.31)

6.2.2 2 +  expansions
In this section we review the known results for operator dimensions at the UV xed

point of the Gross-Neveu model in d = 2 + , and then compute its sphere free energy
to order 3 .
The action for the Gross-Neveu model [25] in Euclidean space in terms of bare

elds and coupling reads

Z Z
√  1  √
SGN = − d i i 2
d x g ψ̄i 6 ∂ψ + g0 (ψ̄i ψ ) + b0 dd x gR , (6.32)
2

where i = 1, . . . 2Nf , and we have included the Euler term which is needed for the

calculation of the sphere free energy below.

The β -function for the renormalized coupling constant g in d = 2+ is known to

be [139, 3, 140]

N − 2 2 N − 2 3 (N − 2)(N − 7) 4
β = g − g + 2
g + 3
g + O(g 5 ) . (6.33)
2π 4π 32π

Therefore, one can see that there is a perturbative UV xed point at a critical coupling

g∗ given by
7

2π 2π π(N + 1) 3
g∗ = + 2
2 +  + O(4 ) . (6.34)
N −2 (N − 2) 2(N − 2)3
7 This corrects a typo in g∗ in [3] on page 59 (there it is denoted by uc ).

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The scaling dimensions are found to be [140]

1 +  N − 1 2 (N − 1)(N − 2) 3
∆ψ = + 2
g − 3
g + O(g 4 ) ,
2 8π 32π
N −1 N − 1 2 (N − 1)(2N − 3) 3
∆σ = 1 +  − g+ g + g + O(g 4 ) , (6.35)
2π 8π 2 32π 3

where σ ∼ ψ̄ψ . At the UV xed point this gives

1 1 N − 1 2 (N − 1)(N − 6) 3
∆ψ = + +  −  + O(4 ) , (6.36)
2 2 4(N − 2)2 8(N − 2)3
1 N − 1 2 N (N − 1) 3
∆σ = 1 − −  +  + O(4 ) , (6.37)
N −2 2(N − 2)2 4(N − 2)3

It is also not hard to determine the dimension

1 N −3 3
∆σ2 = d + β 0 (g∗ ) = 2 + 2 + 2
 + O(4 ) . (6.38)
N −2 2(N − 2)

Let us now turn to the calculation of the free energy on S 2+ . To order g4, we

have

Z
1  g0 2 1  g0 3 1  g0  4 √
F =N Ff − S2 − S3 − S4 + b0 dd x gR , (6.39)
2! 2 3! 2 4! 2

where Ff is the free fermion contribution, derived as a function of d in [78], and

Z Y
n
dxi gxi hψ 4 (x1 )...ψ 4 (xn )iconn
√
Sn = 0 , (6.40)

i=1

with ψ 4 ≡ (ψ̄i ψ i )2 . Using the at space fermion propagator in (6.21), and then

performing a Weyl transformation to the sphere, we nd

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 S2 = 2N (N − 1)Cψ4 I2 (2d − 2) ,

S3 = 8N (N − 1)(N − 2)Cψ6 I3 (2d − 2) , (6.41)

where the integral I2 (∆) is given in (A.12), and I3 (∆) denotes the integrated 3-point

function [137, 138, 50]

Z √ √ √ 3(1+d)
dd xdd ydd z gx gy gz 3(d−∆) 8π
2 Γ(d − 3∆
2
)
I3 (∆) = = R . (6.42)
[s(x, y)s(y, z)s(z, x)]∆ Γ(d)Γ( 1+d−∆2
)3

For the integrated 4-point function we nd

Z Y
4 
√ 2(N 2 − 3N + 4) 2N
S4 = 24N (N − 1)Cψ8 dxi gxi +
i=1
(s13 s14 s23 s24 )2d−2 s2d−4 2d−4 d d d d
12 s34 s13 s14 s23 s24
d+4 d+4
2s413 s424 sd12 sd34 + 4s212 s234 sd+2
+ s12 s34 d+2 4 4 d d 2 2 d+2 d+2
13 s24 − 4s12 s34 s14 s23 − 4s14 s23 s12 s34
+
(s12 s213 s214 s223 s224 s34 )d

s2−2d 2d 2−2d 2d 2 2 2 2
12 s13 s34 s24 + s13 s24 + s14 s23 − s12 s34
2 2
− 4(N − 1) 3d−2 d d 3d−2
, (6.43)
s13 s14 s23 s24

where smn ≡ s(xm , xn ) is a chordal distance on a sphere. Using the methods described

in [135, 136], we nd

  4 7π 2

3
1−d d+1
8 4(2−d) 2 π 2 e 2 γ(2−d) 2 10
S4 =Cψ (2R) d+1 3 192N (N − 1) (N − 2) − + − 25 +
Γ( 2 )(π d/2 ) 2  12
3  
11
− 2(N − 2) − + 1 + O() . (6.44)
5 5

After expressing the bare coupling g0 in terms of the renormalized one

   
N − 2 g2
− (N − 2)2 N − 2 3
g0 = µ g− + − g + ... , (6.45)
2π  4π 2 2 8π 2 

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we nd a surviving pole in F of order g 4 /. This pole can be cancelled provided we

renormalize the Euler density parameter as

 
 N N (N − 1)(N − 2) g 4
b0 = µ b − + ,
48π 30(4π)5 
N N (N − 1)(N − 2) 4
βb = −b + − g , (6.46)
48π 6(4π)5

where the coupling independent term is due to the trace anomaly of the free fermion

R √
eld, and we used dd x gR = 8π + O(). In order to obtain the correct expression

for F at the UV xed point in d = 2 + , we should now set g = g ∗ and b = b∗ =

N N (N −1)(N −2) g∗4 R √
48π
− 6(4π)5 
. The contribution of the Euler term δFb = b0 dd x gR at the
xed point (6.34) is then

N (N − 1) 3
δFb = − 3
 + O(4 ) , (6.47)
48(N − 2)

and putting this together with the contributions of S2 and S3 ,8 we nd

N (N − 1) 2 N (N − 1)(N − 3) 3
F = N Ff +  −  + O(4 ) , (6.48)
24(N − 2)2 16(N − 2)3

or, in terms of F̃ = − sin(πd/2)F :

N (N − 1)π3 N (N − 1)(N − 3)π4

F̃ = N F̃f + − + O(5 ) . (6.49)
48(N − 2)2 32(N − 2)3

This result agrees with the one obtained in [135] using a conformal perturbation

theory approach; this provides a non-trivial check on the procedure used here which

involves the curvature terms.

8 Note that even though we had to compute S4 to x the renormalization of b, we cannot obtain
F to order 4 . That would require xing βb to order g5 .

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6.2.3 Large N expansions
In this section we test the 4− and 2+ expansions by comparing them with the

known 1/N expansions [109, 69, 141]. The general form of the large N expansions of

scaling dimensions in the GN model is

9

d−1 1 1
∆ψ = + γψ,1 + 2 γψ,2 + O(N −3 ) ,
2 N N
1 1
∆σ = 1 + γσ,1 + 2 γσ,2 + O(N −3 ) ,
N N
1 1
∆σ2 = 2 + γσ2 ,1 + 2 γσ2 ,2 + O(N −3 ) , (6.50)
N N

where

 
Γ(d − 1) 2 (d − 1)Ψ(d) 4d2 − 6d + 2
γψ,1 =− d , γψ,2 = 4γψ,1 + ,
Γ( 2 − 1)Γ(1 − d2 )Γ( d2 + 1)Γ( d2 ) d−2 (d − 2)2 d
(6.51)

d−1
γσ,1 = −4 γψ,1 ,
d −2 
2 6d2 Θ(d) 16(d − 1)2 Ψ(d) 4(d − 1) (d4 − 2d3 − 12d2 + 20d − 8)
γσ,2 = −γψ,1 + −
d−2 (d − 2)2 (d − 2)3 d
(6.52)

and

γσ2 ,1 = 4(d − 1)γψ,1 ,

2 
16dγψ,1 1 d2 4 6 1 3 4
γσ2 ,2 = − − + 2
− − − Ψ(d) +
d−2 d−4 2 (d − 4) d−2 d 2 (d − 4)2 γψ,1
3dΘ(d)  12  (d − 3)d 5d 1 2
+ 9−d+ − (Φ(d) + Ψ(d)2 ) − + −
8 d−4 d−4 2 2(d − 4) (d − 4)2

7 4 5 d2 1
− − 2
+ − 3 + − 2 . (6.53)
d − 2 (d − 2) 2d 2 d
9 The 1/N 3 term in ∆ψ may be found in [142, 143].

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In these equations we dened

   
d d
Ψ(d) = ψ(d − 1) − ψ(1) + ψ 2 − −ψ ,
2 2
 
0 d
Θ(d) = ψ − ψ 0 (1) ,
2
   
0 0 d 0 d
Φ(d) = ψ (d − 1) − ψ 2 − −ψ + ψ 0 (1) , (6.54)
2 2

where ψ(x) = Γ0 (x)/Γ(x) denotes the digamma function.

In d = 3, the above large N expansion of the scaling dimensions read

4 896 0.1351 0.3407

∆ψ = 1 + 2
+ 4 2
=1+ + , (6.55)
3π N 27π N N N2
32 9728 − 864π 2 1.0808 0.4565
∆σ = 1 − 2 + 4 2
=1− + , (6.56)
3π N 27π N N N2
32 64(632 + 27π 2 ) 1.0808 21.864
∆σ2 = 2 + 2 − 4 2
=2+ − . (6.57)
3π N 27π N N N2

For F̃ , theO(N 0 ) result can be obtained from the general formula [68, 78] for the
R 2
change in F under a double trace" deformation δS = g O∆ , where O∆ is a scalar

primary operator of dimension ∆. In terms of F̃ = − sin(πd/2)F , the result is

Z ∆− d2    
1 d d
δ F̃ = du u sin(πu)Γ +u Γ −u . (6.58)
Γ (d + 1) 0 2 2

In the present case O∆ = ψ̄ψ , and so ∆ = d − 1. Therefore,

Z d
−1    
1 2 d d
F̃ = N F̃f + du u sin(πu)Γ +u Γ − u + O(1/N ) . (6.59)
Γ (d + 1) 0 2 2

The 4− expansion of this agrees with the large N expansion of (6.31), i.e.

     
π2 π3 π2 π3 1 3π2 17π3 1
F̃ = N F̃f + F̃s − + + − − − + O(1/N 3 ),
96 192 16 32 N 8 32 N2
(6.60)

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Similarly, the 2+ expansion of (6.59) agrees with the large N expansion of (6.49),

i.e.

     
π3 π4 1 π3 π4 1 π3 3π4
F̃ = N F̃f + − + − + 2 − + O(1/N 3 ) .
48 32 N 16 16 N 6 32
(6.61)

For CT , the relative O( N1 ) correction to the answer for free feermions is given in

[119]:

 CT 1 
CT = N CT,f 1 + + O(1/N 2 ) ,
 N 
Ψ(d) d−2
CT 1 = −4γψ,1 + . (6.62)
d + 2 (d − 1)d(d + 2)

Its expansion in d = 4− can be seen to match (6.15), in particular reproducing the

extra propagating scalar present in the GNY description.

6.2.4 Padé approximants

To obtain estimates for the CFT observables in d = 3, we will use two-sided" Padé

approximants that combine information from the 4 −  and 2 +  expansions. Namely,

Pm i
i=0 ai d
we consider the rational approximant Pade[m,n] = 1+ n
P
b j dj
, where 2<d<4 is the
j=1

spacetime dimension, and we x the coecients ai , bj so that its Taylor expansion

near d = 4 and d = 2 agrees with the available perturbative results. Clearly, the

degree" n+m of the approximant is bound by how many terms in the -expansion
are known. Such approximants may be derived for any nite N, and it is useful to

compare their large N behavior as a function of d to the 1/N -expansion results listed
in the previous section. When several approximants Pade[m,n] are possible for the

same quantity, we use such comparisons to large N results to choose the one which

appears to work best.

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 For ∆ψ , ∆σ and ∆σ2 we know the 4− expansion to order 2 , and the 2+
expansion to order 3 . This allows to use Padé approximants with m + n = 6. For ∆ψ
and ∆σ , we nd that Pade[4,2] has no poles in 2<d<4 and for large N is in good

agreement with the results (6.51) and (6.52). For ∆σ2 , we perform the Padé on the

critical exponent ν −1 = d − ∆σ2 , and then translate to ∆σ2 at the end. In this case,

we nd that Pade[1,5] is the only approximant with no poles, and it matches well to

the large N result. The resulting estimates in d=3 for these scaling dimensions are

given in Table 6.1. In gure 6.2, we plot our 3d estimates for ∆ψ and ∆σ , compared to
the large N curve obtained from (6.57) by eliminating N to express ∆σ as a function

of ∆ψ . The N = 1 values, which correspond to the N = 1 SUSY xed point, are

obtained in Section 6.4.

N 3 4 5 6 8 20 100

∆ψ (Pade[4,2] ) 1.066 1.048 1.037 1.029 1.021 1.007 1.0013

∆σ (Pade[4,2] ) 0.688 0.753 0.798 0.829 0.87 0.946 0.989

∆σ2 (Pade[1,5] ) 2.285 2.148 2.099 2.075 2.052 2.025 2.008

F/(N Ff ) (Pade[4,4] ) 1.091 1.060 1.044 1.034 1.024 1.008 1.0014

Table 6.1: Estimates of scaling dimensions and sphere free energy at the d = 3
interacting xed point of the GN model.

For the sphere free energy of the interacting CFT, F̃ , we nd it convenient to

perform the Padé approximation on the quantity

f (d) = F̃ − N F̃f , (6.63)

which is essentially the interacting part of the free energy in the GN description, but

it includes the contribution of a free scalar from the GNY point of view. Using the

results (6.31) and (6.49), we can use Padé approximants with n + m = 8, and we

nd that Pade[4,4] has no poles and agrees well with the large N result (6.58). The

resulting d=3 estimates for F̃ , normalized by the free fermion contribution N Ff ,

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 Δσ
1.0

0.9
◆
Large N
◆ SUSY
0.8 ◆

0.7
◆
◆

0.6
◆
N=1

1.02 1.04 1.06 1.08 1.10

Δψ

Figure 6.2: Padé estimates in d = 3 of ∆σ versus ∆ψ for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 20,

compared to the large N results (6.57). The N =1 value corresponds to the SUSY

xed point discussed in Section 6.4. The black dotted line is the SUSY relation

∆σ = ∆ψ − 1/2.

are given in Table 6.1 for a few values of N. In Figure 6.3, we also plot the result of

the constrained Padé approximants for F̃ − N F̃f as a function of 2<d<4 for a few

values of N, showing that they approach well the analytical large N formula (6.58).

˜ ˜
F - N Ff
0.030

0.025

0.020

0.015
N=4
N=6
0.010
N=20
N=100
0.005 Large N

2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

d

Figure 6.3: Padé estimates of F̃ − N F̃f in 2<d<4 compared to the large N result

(6.58).

We can use our estimates to make some tests of the F -theorem. In the GNY

description, we can ow to the critical theory from the free UV xed point of N
fermions plus a scalar, while in the GN description one can ow to the critical theory

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to the free fermions. Then, the F -theorem implies the inequalities

N Ff + Fs > F > N Ff . (6.64)

We veried that our estimates satisfy these inequalities for all values of N. As an

example, for N = 4 we get FGN /(N Ff + Fs ) ≈ 0.93 and FGN /(N Ff ) ≈ 1.06. In

the GNY description, we also see that we can ow to the critical GN point from the

decoupled product of the Ising CFT and N free fermions. This implies

N Ff + FIsing > F . (6.65)

Using the estimates for FIsing derived in [135], we have checked that this inequality

indeed holds. Using the Padé approximants as a function of 2 < d < 4, we can also

verify that both (6.64) and (6.65) are satised, in terms of F̃ , in the whole range of

d. This is in agreement with the generalized F -theorem" [135].

Finally, we discuss N = 2, which is a special case where the β -function in d=2

vanishes exactly; therefore, the theory has a line of xed points. For N = 2 we

cannot apply the strategy described above because the 2+ expansions (6.37) become
singular. Directly in d = 2, the GN model is equivalent to the Thirring model for a

single 2-component Dirac fermion which can be solved via bosonization and has a line

of xed points; the dimensions of ψ and σ = ψ̄ψ depend on the interaction strength.

Therefore, for these operators we can only perform the one-sided" Pade[1,1] on the

4 −  expansions. In d = 2 it is known that ∆σ2 = 2 (the operator is exactly marginal)

and c = 1; we impose these boundary conditions on the Padé approximants. Then

the results in d=3 are

∆N
ψ
=2
≈ 1.076 , ∆N
σ
=2
≈ 0.656 , ∆N
σ2
=2
≈ 1.75 , (6.66)

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and for the sphere free energy

F N =2 ≈ 0.254 ≈ 1.16(2Ff ) ≈ 0.9(2Ff + Fs ) , (6.67)

in agreement with the F -theorem.

6.3 The Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa Model

Using the results of [127, 128, 129, 130, 131], we have found the following β -functions
for the NJLY model (6.5) up to two loops:

   
 1 N 3 1 8 3 1 2 5
β1 = − g1 + + 2 g1 + − g1 g2 + g1 g2 + (7 − 3N )g1 ,
2 (4π)2 2 (4π)4 3 9
   
1 10 2 2 4 1 20 3 6 4 10 2 2
β2 = −g2 + g + 2N g2 g1 − 12N g1 − g − 96N g1 − 2N g2 g1 + N g1 g2 .
(4π)2 3 2 (4π)4 3 2 3
(6.68)

The one-loop terms above agree with the Nb = 1 case of the results in [113]. Solving

(6.68), we nd the following xed point:

√
(g1∗ )2  −N 2 + 448N − 1096 + (N + 76) N 2 + 152N + 16 2
2
= + 3
 + O(3 ) ,
(4π) N +4 100(N + 4)
∗
√
g2 2
3( N + 152N + 16 − N + 4) 9
2
= + √
(4π) 20(N + 4) 500(N + 4)3 N 2 + 152N + 16

× 3N 4 + 114N 3 + 764N 2 − 26192N + 1280
√ 
− (3N 3 − 114N 2 − 1932N − 320) N 2 + 152N + 16 2 + O(3 ) .

(6.69)

To get a positive solution for g2∗ we have picked the + sign for the square root.

The other choice of sign gives another xed point which is presumably unstable. In

addition, there is clearly a xed point with g1∗ = 0 and g2∗ corresponding to the O(2)

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Wilson-Fisher xed point. The solution (6.69) yields an IR stable xed point for all

values of N.
The scaling dimensions of the elds are found to be

3− 1 2 1
∆ψ = + 2
g1 − 4
(3N + 2)g14 ,
2 (4π) 4(4π)
 
 1 2 1 1 2 3 4
∆φ = 1 − + Ng + g − Ng . (6.70)
2 2(4π)2 1 (4π)4 9 2 2 1

At the xed point (6.69) these give:

√
3 N +2 −76N 2 + 98N − 1296 + (N + 76) N 2 + 152N + 16 2
∆ψ = − + 3
 + O(3 ) ,
2 2(N + 4) 100(N + 4)
2
√
2 56N − 498N + 16 + (19N + 4) N 2 + 152N + 16 2
∆φ = 1 − +  + O(3 ) .
N +4 50(N + 4)3
(6.71)

The NJLY has two types of operators quadratic in the scalar elds: the U (1)
invariant operator φφ̄, and the charged operators φ2 and φ̄2 . The one-loop scaling

dimension of φφ̄ was determined in [113]. Using [131], we nd up to two loops

4 4  2 2

∆φφ̄ = d − 2 + g 2 − g + N g g
2 1 + 2γφ ,
3(4π)2 3(4π)4 2
2 2 4 2 2 4

∆φ2 =d−2+ g2 − g + N g g
2 1 − 6N g 1 + 2γφ . (6.72)
3(4π)2 3(4π)4 3 2

At the xed point this gives

√
N 2 + 152N + 16 − N − 16 1
∆φφ̄ =2 + + √
5(N + 4) 250(N + 4)3 N 2 + 152N + 16
 √
× (17N 3 + 104N 2 + 1252N + 1120) N 2 + 152N + 16

− 17N − 4646N + 2304N − 187712N + 4480 2 + O(3 )
4 3 2
(6.73)

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and

√
N 2 + 152N + 16 − N − 36 1
∆φ2 =2 + + √
10(N + 4) 125(N + 4) N 2 + 152N + 16
3
 √
× (3N 3 + 571N 2 + 688N + 240) N 2 + 152N + 16

− 3N 4 − 924N 3 + 7806N 2 − 47688N + 960 2 + O(3 ) . (6.74)

The 4− expansion of CT in the NJLY model proceeds similarly to that for the

GNY model presented in [119] and reviewed in section 6.2. In the NJLY model there

are two real scalar elds, and we need to replace Tσ by Tσ1 + Tσ2 . It is not hard

to check that each diagram contributing to the term ∼ g12 picks up a factor of 2

compared to the GNY model, since each of the internal scalar lines can be either φ1
or φ2 . Thus, we nd

 
5N (g1∗ )2 d N 2 5N 
CT = N CT,f + 2CT,s − 2
= 2 + − . (6.75)
6(4π) Sd 2 d − 1 6(N + 4)

6.3.1 Free energy on S 4−

The calculation of F for the NJLY model follows the same steps as the one for the

GNY model discussed earlier. The integrals are also nearly identical, except for

combinatorics factors due to the fact that we have two scalar elds, one of which has

iγ 5 coupling.

The perturbative expansion of the free energy is given by

Z
1 2 √ √
F = N Ff + 2Fs − g1,0 dd xdd y gx gy hO1 (x)O1 (y)i0
2
Z
1 √ √
− 2
g2,0 dd xdd y gx gy hO2 (x)O2 i0
2
2!(4!)
Z
1 4 √ √ √ √
− g1,0 dd xdd ydd zdd w gx gy gz gw hO1 (x)O1 (y)O1 (z)O1 (w)i0 + δFb ,
4!
(6.76)

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where we dened the operators O1 = ψ̄j (φ1 + iγ5 φ2 )ψ j and O2 = (φ21 + φ22 )2 , and

R
δFb = b0 dd xE is the Euler term. Evaluating the correlation functions above, we

nd

1 2 3
1 1 4
F = N Ff +2Fs − 2g1,0 N Cφ Cψ2 I2 d−2 + 2
2
64g2,0 Cφ4 I2 (2d−4)+ g1,0 I4 +δFb ,
2 2 2 · (4!) 4!
(6.77)

where I2 is given in (A.12) and I4 corresponds to the integrated 4-point function of

O1 , for which we nd

N (N + 4) N (19N + 72 + 6(N + 4)(γ + log(4πR2 )))

I4 = + + O() . (6.78)
(4π)4  6(4π)4

Now replacing the bare couplings with the renormalized ones


 N + 4 g13 

g1,0 = µ 2 g1 + + . . . , g2,0 = µ g2 + . . . (6.79)
32π 2 

we nd that all poles cancel as they should. As explained in the GNY and GN

calculations, in order to obtain the correct expression for F at the IR xed point in

d = 4− we need to include the eect of the Euler term. Using an improved version

of the result from [130, 134], adapted to the presence of γ5 in the vertices, we get:

11N/4 + 2 1 1

βb = b − 2
− 8
N g12 (24g12 g2 − g22 + 9g14 (3N − 7)) . (6.80)
360(4π) (4π) 1296

From this we can solve for the xed point value b∗ with the couplings given in (6.69),

and we nd that the Euler term contributes

√ √
N (−1096 + 76 N 2 + 152N + 16 + N (448 − N + N 2 + 152N + 16)) 2
δFb =  .
7200(N + 4)3
(6.81)

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Putting this together with the integrals in (6.77), we nally nd in terms of F̃ :

N π2 1 
F̃ = N F̃f + 2F̃s − − 3
149N 3 + 2372N 2 + 1312N + 64
48(N + 4) 14400(N + 4)

√ 
2
+ N + 152N + 16 N + 152N + 16 π3 + O(4 ) .
2 (6.82)

6.3.2 2 +  expansions
In this section we consider the theory in 2 +  dimensions with 4-fermion interactions
which respect the U (1) chiral symmetry. We begin with the action in Euclidean space

of the form [106]

Z  
1 1 1
SSPV = − d / i i 2 i 2 i 2
d x ψ̄i ∂ ψ + gS (ψ̄i ψ ) + gP (ψ̄i γ5 ψ ) + gV (ψ̄i γµ ψ ) , (6.83)
2 2 2

where i = 1, . . . 2Nf is the number of two-component spinors, and γ0 = σ1 , γ1 = σ2

and γ5 = −iγ0 γ1 = σ3 . For gV = 0 and gS = −gP this reduces to the well-known chiral

Gross-Neveu model [25] in d = 2. However, as we will see below, for our purposes it

is not consistent to set gV = 0  the corresponding operator respects the U (1) chiral

symmetry and gets induced.

The one-loop beta-functions and anomalous dimension of the ψ eld were found

in [106] using MS scheme and read

1 1

βS = gS − (N − 2)gS2 − gP gS − 2gV (gS + gP ) + . . . ,
π 2
1 1

βP = gP + (N − 2)gP2 − gP gS + 2gV (gS + gP ) + . . . , (6.84)
π 2
1
βV = gV + gP gS + . . . ,
π

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and

1 1 N 2 2 2

1 2


∆ψ = + + g P + gS + 2gV − 4gV (gS − gP ) + (gS + gP ) .
2 2 4(2π)2 4(2π)2
(6.85)

We note that at the leading order in the 2+ expansion the evanescent operators do

not appear [106, 144, 145]. One of the UV xed points of (6.84) is
10

N ∗ 2π
gS∗ = −gP∗ = gV = , (6.86)
2 N

which corresponds to the SU (2Nf ) Thirring model [106, 146]. Indeed using the

1 i k 2 i k
relation for the SU (2Nf ) generators (T a )ij (T a )kl = (δ δ
2 l j
− δ δ ) and the Fierz
N j l

identity in d = 2 (γµ )αβ (γµ )γδ = δαδ δβγ − (γ5 )αδ (γ5 )βγ one nds

2
(ψ̄ψ)2 − (ψ̄γ5 ψ)2 + (ψ̄γµ ψ)2 = −2(ψ̄γµ T a ψ)2 . (6.87)
N

So the action for this model is

Z  1 2

SSU (2Nf )Thirring = − dd x ψ̄i ∂/ψ i + g (ψ̄i ψ i )2 − (ψ̄i γ5 ψ i )2 + (ψ̄i γµ ψ i )2 ,
2 N
(6.88)

with the beta-function and anomalous dimension

N 2 1 1 N2 − 4 2
βg = g − g + O(g 3 ), ∆ψ = +  + g + O(g 3 ) . (6.89)
2π 2 2 8π 2 N

It is plausible that this model is the continuation of the NJLY model (6.5) to d = 2+.
One nds that the UV xed point is g∗ = 2π/N , and the critical anomalous dimension
10 Equations (6.84) have four dierent non-trivial xed points. Two of them correspond to the GN
and SU (2Nf ) Thirring models.

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reads

1 1 1 1 4 2
∆ψ = +  + − 3  + O(3 ) . (6.90)
2 2 2 N N

Also one nds that the dimension of the quartic operator is

∆φφ̄ = 2 +  + β 0 (g∗ ) = 2 + O(2 ) . (6.91)

We can also calculate the free energy of this model. To order g2, we have:

1  g0 2
F = N Ff − S2 + O(g03 ) , (6.92)
2! 2

where Ff is the free fermion contribution and

Z
dx1 dx2 gx1 gx2 hO(x1 )O(x2 )iconn
√ √
S2 = 0 , (6.93)

where, under the Thirring description (6.87), O = −2(ψ̄γµ T a ψ)2 . Going through the

combinatorics, we nd

S2 = 4(N 2 − 4)Cψ4 I2 (2d − 2) . (6.94)

Evaluating this in d = 2+ and plugging in the xed point value (6.86) we nally

nd

(N 2 − 4)π3
F̃ = N F̃f + + O(4 ) . (6.95)
24N 2

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6.3.3 Large N expansions
For the NJL model, the 1/N expansions of operator dimensions again assume the

general form (6.50), where now [110, 147]

2Γ(d − 1)  4 1
2
γψ,1 =− d , γψ,2 = 2γψ,1 Ψ(d) + + ,
Γ( 2 − 1)Γ(1 − d2 )Γ( d2 + 1)Γ( d2 ) d−2 d
(6.96)

4d2 (d2 − 5d + 7) 2
γφ,1 = −2γψ,1 , γφ,2 = −2γψ,2 + γψ,1 (6.97)
(d − 2)3

and

γφφ̄,1 = 4(d − 1)γψ,1 , (6.98)

 2
2 3d (3d − 8)Θ(d) (d − 3)d2 (Φ(d) + Ψ2 (d)) 4(d − 2)d 4 1
γφφ̄,2 = −8γψ,1 − + + +
4(d − 4)(d − 2) (d − 4)(d − 2) (d − 4)2 γψ,1 d − 2 d
(d − 4)d2 (d − 3)2 d2  (d − 3)d2 (d2 − 8d + 20) 
2
+ − + Ψ(d) −d +1 .
d−2 (d − 4)2 (d − 2) (d − 4)2 (d − 2)2
(6.99)

There is a considerable similarity between these results and the corresponding results

for the GN model. For example, γψ,1 in the NJL model is 2 times that in the GN

model. This is because the NJL lagrangian (6.2) contains two separate double-trace

operators, and hence there are two auxiliary elds, φ1 and φ2 , that couple to the

fermions. A similar factor of 2 appears in various other quantities.

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 When (6.97) and (6.99) are expanded in d = 4− and d = 2+, they are consistent
with our -expansion results.
11 Setting d=3 in these equations gives [110, 147]

8 1280 0.2702 0.4867

∆ψ = 1 + 2
+ 4 2
=1+ + ,
3π N 27π N N N2
16 4352 0.5404 1.6547
∆φ = 1 − 2 + 4 2
=1− + , (6.100)
3π N 27π N N N2
64 128(364 + 27π 2 ) 2.1615 30.684
∆φφ̄ = 2 + 2 − = 2 + − .
3π N 27π 4 N 2 N N2

Turning to the sphere free energy, we can obtain the O(N 0 ) result for F̃ by simply

doubling the δ F̃ from eq. (3.8) of [78]. Therefore, we have

Z d
−1    
2 2 d d
F̃ = N F̃f + du u sin(πu)Γ +u Γ − u + O(1/N ) . (6.101)
Γ (d + 1) 0 2 2

The 4− expansion of this agrees with the large N expansion of (6.82), i.e.

     
π2 π3 π2 π3 1 π2 17π3 1
F̃ = N F̃f + 2F̃s − + + − − − + O(1/N 3 ),
48 96 12 18 N 3 36 N2
(6.102)

and its 2+ expansion agrees with the large N expansion of (6.95), which yields

π3 π3
F̃ = N F̃f + − 2
+ O(1/N 4 ) . (6.103)
24 6N

For CT , the presense of the extra scalar eld compared to the GN case [119] again
poses no diculty. After some simple excercise commuting γ 5, we conclude that all

the diagrams in [78] contributing to CT in the GN model should receive a factor of 2

11 The form of (6.91) agrees with the large N result (6.99), but we haven't compared the coecient
of 2 .

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due to the presence of two scalar elds. Hence, we nd for the NJL model

 CT 1 
2
CT = N CT,f 1 + + O(1/N ) ,
 N 
Ψ(d) d−2
CT 1 = −4γψ,1 + , (6.104)
d + 2 (d − 1)d(d + 2)

i.e. the correction CT 1 is just twice the corresponding term in the GN model (note

that γψ,1 in the NJL model is twice that of the GN model). This result is, in particular,

consistent with the fact that in the limit d → 4 we expect CT 1 to reproduce the

contribution of two free scalar elds. Its 4− expansion can be also seen to agree

with (6.75).

6.3.4 Padé approximants

Following the same methods as described in Section 6.2.4, we now use the 4− and

2+ expansions
12 derived in the previous sections to obtain rational approximants

of scaling dimensions and sphere free energy at the NJL xed point in 2 < d < 4,
for N >2 (the case N = 2, which displays the emergent supersymmetry, is treated

separately in Section 6.4). The results in d = 3 are given in Table 6.2, indicating which
approximants was chosen in each case. In gure 6.4, we also plot our 3d estimated for

∆ψ and ∆φ , compared to the large N results. From the expression for ∆φ in (6.100),

it appears that the expansion does not converge well already at O(1/N 2 ), therefore

we have just used (6.100) to order 1/N to produce the plot below.

For the sphere free energy F̃ , we again nd it convenient to perform the Padé

approximation on the quantity f (d) = F̃ − N F̃f , which corresponds to the interacting

part of the NJLY free energy plus the contribution of two free scalars. In Figure 6.3,

we plot the resulting Padé approximants as a function of 2<d<4 for a few values

of N, showing that they approach well the analytical large N formula (6.101).

12 For ∆φ , we use the boundary condition ∆φ = 1 + O() in d = 2 + .

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 N 4 6 8 10 12 20 100

∆ψ (Pade[3,2] ) 1.074 1.054 1.041 1.033 1.027 1.016 1.0029

∆φ (Pade[2,1] ) 0.807 0.870 0.903 0.923 0.937 0.962 0.992

∆φφ̄ (Pade[3,1] ) 2.018 2.041 2.055 2.062 2.064 2.06 2.022

F/(N Ff ) (Pade[5,2] ) 1.109 1.064 1.045 1.034 1.028 1.016 1.0029

Table 6.2: Estimates of scaling dimensions and sphere free energy at the d = 3
interacting xed point of the NJL model.

Δϕ
1.00
◆

◆
0.95
◆ Large N
◆

0.90 ◆

◆
0.85

◆
0.80

0.75

0.70
1.00 1.02 1.04 1.06 1.08
Δψ

Figure 6.4: Padé estimates in d=3 of ∆σ versus ∆ψ for N = 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 100,
compared to the large N results (6.100).

˜ ˜
F - N Ff

0.05

0.04

0.03

N=4
N=6
0.02
N=20
N=100
0.01 Large N

2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

d

Figure 6.5: Padé estimates of F̃ − N F̃f in 2<d<4 compared to the large N result

(6.101).

We can again use our estimates to test the d = 3 F -theorem and its proposed

generalization in 2 < d < 4 in terms of F̃ . We nd that in the whole range of

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dimensions, the inequalities

N F̃f + 2F̃s > F̃ > N F̃f (6.105)

hold, in accordance with the conjectured generalized F -theorem [78, 135]. Using the

results in [135] for the free energy of the O(2) Wilson-Fisher model, we have also

checked that

N F̃f + F̃O(2) > F̃ , (6.106)

which is consistent with the fact that the theory can ow from the xed point con-

sisting of free fermions decoupled from the O(2) model, to the IR stable NJL xed

point.

6.4 Models with Emergent Supersymmetry

6.4.1 Theory with 4 supercharges

A well-known supersymmetric theory with 4 supercharges is the Wess-Zumino model

of a single chiral supereld Φ with superpotential W ∼ λΦ3 . In d = 4 the model

is classically conformally invariant, but it has a non-vanishing beta function and is

expected to be trivial in the IR. Continuation of this model to lower dimensions

(dened such that the number of supercharges is xed in 2 ≤ d ≤ 4) was discussed

in [78, 148, 149]. In d = 3, one nds the N =2 theory of a single chiral supereld (a

complex scalar and a 2-component Dirac fermion) with cubic superpotential, which

ows to a non-trivial CFT in the IR [150]. In d = 2, the model matches onto the (2, 2)
supersymmetric CFT with c = 1, which is the k=1 member of the superconformal

3k
discrete series with c= k+2
.

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 The component Lagrangian of the WZ model in 4d reads

1 1 1 λ λ2
LWZ = (∂µ φ1 )2 + (∂µ φ2 )2 + ψ̄ ∂/ψ + √ ψ̄(φ1 + iγ5 φ2 )ψ + (φ̄φ)2 , (6.107)
2 2 2 2 2 16

where ψ is a 4-component Ma jorana fermion and φ = φ1 + iφ2 . The beta function of

the model in d=4− is [151]

 3 λ3 3 λ5 15 + 36ζ(3) λ7
βWZ = − λ + 2
− 4
+ 6
+ O(λ9 ) , (6.108)
2 2 (4π) 2 (4π) 8 (4π)

16π 2 
from which one nds an IR xed point with λ2∗ = 3
+ O(2 ). The dimension of

the chiral operator φ at the xed point is determined by its R-charge to be

d−1 d−1
∆φ = Rφ = . (6.109)
2 3

One also has the exact result ∆φ2 = ∆φ + 1, since the operator φ2 is obtained from φ
by acting twice with the supercharges (this is because, due to cubic superpotential,

one has the relation Φ2 = 0 in the chiral ring). It also follows from supersymmetry

[121, 123] that the dimension of the operator φφ̄ at the xed point is given by

1 1 + 12ζ(3) 3
∆φφ̄ = d − 2 + β 0 (λ∗ ) = 2 − 2 +  + O(4 ) , (6.110)
3 18

which agrees with the explicit three-loop calculation of [123]. In performing Padé

extrapolation of this result to d = 3, we have found that Padé[1,2] and Padé[2,1] give

answers close to each other. Their average is ≈ 1.909, which is very close to the

value ≈ 1.91 reported using numerical bootstrap studies [148, 149]. We can also take

into account the fact that in d=2 the dimension of φφ̄ should approach 2. Since

it also approaches 2 in d = 4, it is not a monotonic function of d, which makes

Padé extrapolation dicult. If we instead perform a two-sided" extrapolation of

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ν −1 = d − ∆φφ̄ , and then return to ∆φφ̄ in d = 3, then we nd ≈ 1.94. This is

somewhat further from the numerical bootstrap estimate.

Since in d = 4 the WZ model includes a complex scalar and a 4-component Ma jo-

rana fermion (i.e. one half of a Dirac fermion), one would expect it to correspond to

Nf = 1/2 and N =2 in the NJLY model [121, 122]. Note that the NJLY Lagrangian

(6.5), specialized to the case of a single Ma jorana fermion, coincides with the WZ

Lagrangian (6.107) provided

13

3
3g12 = g2 = λ2 . (6.111)
2

Indeed, setting N =2 in the result for the xed point couplings (6.8), we nd:

(g1∗ )2 1 1 2
2
= +  + O(3 ) ,
(4π) 6 18
(6.112)
∗
g2 1 1 2
2
= +  + O(3 ) .
(4π) 2 6

This is precisely consistent with the relation (6.111), and gives evidence of the emer-

gent supersymmetry in the N =2 NJLY model. Note that for this value of N, the

chiral U (1) symmetry of the NJLY model becomes the U (1) R-symmetry of the WZ

model.
14 Further evidence can be found by setting N =2 in the 4− expansions of

the operator dimensions (6.70) and (6.74), which give

3   
∆ψ = − , ∆φ = 1 − , ∆φ2 = 2 − , (6.113)
2 3 3 3

in agreement with the supersymmetry. In particular, the fact that the O(2 ) terms

vanish is consistent with the exact result (6.109), and we also see ∆φ2 = ∆φ + 1 as

13 One should rescale

√
ψ → ψ/ 2 in (6.5) to get a canonical kinetic term when the fermion is
Majorana.
14 For a gauge theory in 1+1 dimensions which exhibits emergent supersymmetry, see [152]. In
that case a global U (1) symmetry turned into the U (1)R -symmetry of the (2, 2) supersymmetric IR
CFT.

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discussed above. Furthermore, setting N = 2 in (6.73), we nd ∆φφ̄ = 2−2 /3+O(3 ),
in agreement with the result (6.110) in the WZ model.

It is also interesting to look at the sphere free energy. Setting N =2 in the 4−
expansion (6.82) of F̃ , we get

π2 π3
F̃N =2 = 2F̃s + 2F̃f − − + O(4 ) . (6.114)
144 162

This precisely agrees with the expansion of (5.23) in [78], which was derived using a

proposal for supersymmetric localization in continuous dimension. We note that the

π 3
curvature term (6.81) contributes at O(3 ) order to F̃ : δ F̃b = − 1296 . This contribution

is crucial for agreement with [78]. Thus, (6.114) provides a nice perturbative test of

the exact formula for F̃ as a function of d proposed in [78] for the Wess-Zumino

model.

In d = 3, the result obtained from localization [153] yields FW =Φ3 ≈ 0.290791. In

[135], the value of F for the O(2) Wilson-Fisher xed point in d=3 was estimated

1 3ζ(3)
to be FO(2) ≈ 0.124. Using also the value Ff = 8
log(2) + 16π 2
in d=3 [50], we see

that

2Ff + FO(2) ≈ 0.343 > FW =Φ3 , (6.115)

in agreement with the RG ow depicted in Figure 6.1.

Finally, we discuss CT of the N = 2 SCFT with superpotential W ∼ λΦ3 . Its

exact value in d = 3 has been determined using the supersymmetric localization

[64, 154]:
√
CT 16(16π − 9 3)
= ≈ 0.7268 , (6.116)
CTUV 243π

where CTUV = 4CT,s is the value for the free UV theory of two scalars and one two-

component Dirac fermion. Let us compare this with a Padé extrapolation of the ratio

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CT /CT,s using the boundary conditions




CT 1 in d = 2,
= (6.117)
CT,s 
5 − 11
 + O( ) 2
in d = 4 − ,
6

where the 4− expansion was obtained by setting N =2 in (6.75). The Pade[1,1]

approximant with these boundary conditions is

CT 49d − 76
= , (6.118)
CT,s d + 20

which in d = 3 gives CT /CT,s = 71/23 ≈ 3.087. Comparing to the free UV CFT,

this result implies CTIR /CTUV ≈ 0.77. This is not far from the exact result (6.116),

demonstrating that the Padé approach works quite well. It would be useful to know

the next order in the 4− expansion, which may improve the agreement.

6.4.2 Theory with 2 supercharges

It has been suggested that in d=3 there exists a minimal N =1 superconformal

theory containing a 2-component Ma jorana fermion ψ [121, 124, 125, 118, 126]. This

theory must also contain a pseudoscalar operator σ , whose scaling dimension is related
to that of ψ by the supersymmetry,

1
∆σ = ∆ψ − . (6.119)
2

Some evidence for the existence of this N =1 supersymmetric CFT was found using

the conformal bootstrap [118].

To describe the theory in d = 3, one can write down the Lagrangian [121, 124,

125, 118]

1 1 λ λ2
LN =1 = (∂µ σ)2 + ψ̄6 ∂ψ + σ ψ̄ψ + σ 4 . (6.120)
2 2 2 8
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This model has N =1 supersymmetry in d = 3; the eld content can be packaged

in the real supereld Σ = σ + θ̄ψ + 12 θ̄θf , and the interactions follow from the cubic

superpotential W ∼ λΣ3 .15 It is natural to expect that this model ows to a non-

trivial N =1 SCFT in the IR. Note that the theory cannot be described as the UV

xed point of a lagrangian for a Ma jorana fermion with quartic interaction, because

the term (ψ̄ψ)2 vanishes for a 2-component spinor.

The theory (6.120) is super-renormalizable in d = 3, and one may attempt its 4−
expansion [121]. To formulate a Yukawa theory in d = 4, one strictly speaking needs

a 4-component Majorana fermion, which corresponds to the GNY model with N = 2.

However, the GNY description may be formally continued to N = 1. A sign of the

√
simplication that occurs for this value is that N 2 + 132N + 36, which appears in

the 4− expansions (6.10), (6.12), equals 13 for N = 1. For this value of N, we nd

that the xed point couplings in (6.8) become

(g1∗ )2 1 3 2
2
= +  + O(3 ) ,
(4π) 7 49
(6.121)
∗
g2 3 9 2
2
= +  + O(3 ) .
(4π) 7 49

This is consistent with the exact relation 3g12 = g2 in the SUSY model. Indeed the

GNY Lagrangian (6.4), formally applied to the case of a single 2-component Majorana

fermion, coincides with (6.120) when 3g12 = g2 = 3λ2 . The result (6.121) gives a two-

loop evidence that the non-supersymmetric GNY model with N = 1 ows at low

energies to a supersymmetric xed point.

In [121] it was found using one-loop calculations that ∆σ = 1 − 37 = ∆ψ − 21 . Let

us check that the supersymmetry relation (6.119) continues to hold at order 2 . Using

15 To obtain the component Lagrangian (6.120), one should eliminate the auxiliary eld f using
its equation of motion f ∼ λσ 2 .

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(6.10) with N = 1, we indeed nd

3 1
∆σ = 1 −  + 2 + O(3 ) , (6.122)
7 49
3 3 1
∆ψ = −  + 2 + O(3 ) . (6.123)
2 7 49

The dimensions of operators σ2 and σψ should also be related by the supersymmetry,

1
∆σ2 = ∆σψ − 2
. Since σψ is a descendant, we also have ∆σψ = ∆ψ + 1. Thus, the

supersymmetry relation assumes the form [125]

1
∆σ2 = ∆ψ + = ∆σ + 1 . (6.124)
2

Substituting N =1 into (6.12) we nd

3 1
∆σ2 = 2 −  + 2 + O(3 ) , (6.125)
7 49

so that the supersymmetry relation (6.124) holds to order 2 . These non-trivial checks

provide strong evidence that the continuation of the GNY model to N =1 ows to a

superconformal theory to all orders in the 4− expansion.

If we apply the standard Padé[1,1] extrapolation, we nd

8d − 11
∆σ = , (6.126)
25 − d

which in d=3 gives ∆σ = 13

22
≈ 0.59. 16 This is close to the estimate of ∆σ obtained

using the numerical bootstrap [118]. It is the value ∆σ ≈ 0.582 where the boundary

of the excluded region touches the SUSY line ∆σ = ∆ψ − 1/2.

16 We note that our estimate ∆σ2 ≈ 1.59 in the N =1 theory is below 2, just like the estimate
(6.66) in the N =2 theory. This is in contrast with the large N behavior (6.57) where ∆σ2 > 2.
Thus, perhaps not surprisingly, the theories with N = 1, 2 are, in some respects, rather far from the
large N limit.

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 It is also important to know how the theory behaves when continued to d = 2.
It is plausible that the d = 2 theory has N = 1 superconformal symmetry, and

the obvious candidate is the tri-critical Ising model [124, 126], which is the simplest

supersymmetric minimal model [73, 155]. The Padé extrapolation (6.126) gives ∆σ ≈
0.217, which is quite close to the dimension 1/5 of the energy operator in the tri-

critical Ising model. This provides new evidence that the GNY model with N =1
extrapolates to the tri-critical Ising model in d = 2; in gure 6.6 we show how the

operator spectrum matches with the exact results in d = 2. Imposing the boundary

condition that ∆σ = 1/5 in d = 2 enables us to perform a two-sided" Padé estimate.

The resulting value in d=3 is ≈ 0.588, which is very close to that following from

(6.126). The agreement with the bootstrap result ∆σ ≈ 0.582 is excellent.

M4,5 N = 1 SCFT
∆
S S̄ = X( 3 , 3 ) ψ̄ψ, σ 3
2 2 3 ≈ 2.79

≈ 2.59 σψ, σ ψ̄
L−1 L̄−1 Φ
≈ 2.09 σ2
2
L−1 Ψ̄, L̄−1 Ψ
≈ 1.59 ψ, ψ̄
Φ̃( 3 , 3 )
5 5
≈ 1.09
1 σ
Ψ( 3 , 1 ) , Ψ̄( 1 , 3 )
5 10 10 5
≈ 0.59
Φ( 1 , 1 )
10 10

2 3 4 d

Figure 6.6: Qualitative picture of the interpolation of operator dimensions from the

d = 4 free theory to the tri-critical Ising model M(4, 5) in d = 2, indicating our

estimated values for the N = 1 SCFT in d = 3. In 2 ≤ d < 4, the operators σψ , and
a linear combination of σ 3 and ψ̄ψ , are expected to be conformal descendants of ψ
and σ respectively.

From the β -functions (6.7) for the GNY model we may also deduce the dimensions
of two primary operators that are mixtures of σ4 and σ ψ̄ψ . They are determined by

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the eigenvalues λ1 , λ2 of the matrix ∂βi /∂gj . At the xed point for N =1 we nd

3
∆1 = d + λ1 = 4 − 2 + O(3 ) ,
7
6 95
∆2 = d + λ2 = 4 +  − 2 + O(3 ) , (6.127)
7 49

Since ∆1 corresponds to the θθ̄ component of the supereld Σ3 , we know that

3
∆σ3 = ∆1 − 1 = 3 − 2 + O(3 ) . (6.128)
7

As a check, we may set N =1 in (6.14) and see that the order  term in ∆σ3 indeed

vanishes. It is further possible to argue that this primary operator, when continued

to d = 2, matches onto the dimension 3 operator in the tri-critical Ising model, i.e.

the product of left and right supercurrents. This implies that ∆σ3 is not monotonic

as a function of d and is likely to be somewhat smaller than 3 in d = 3.17 Simply

setting =1 in (6.128) gives ∆σ3 ≈ 2.57, but this probably underestimates it. One

way to implement the exact boundary condition ∆σ3 = 3 in d=2 is to extrapolate

the quantity ˜ = (∆σ3 − 3)/(d − 2),

∆ instead of ∆σ3 itself [22]. This approach would

yield the estimate ∆σ3 ≈ 2.79 in d = 3. This slightly relevant operator is parity odd

in d = 3, while the dimension ∆1 corresponds to an irrelevant parity even operator.

Similarly, we can perform extrapolation of F̃ and check if the d=2 value is close

to πc/6 where c = 7/10 is the central charge of the tri-critical Ising model. Setting

N =1 in (6.31), we have

 
π 2 3 4
F̃ = F̃s + F̃f − + + O( ) . (6.129)
6 112 98

Performing a Padé approximation of the quantity f (d) = F̃ − F̃f , we nd that the

average of the standard Padé[2,1] and Padé[1,2] approximants yields F̃ /F̃s ≈ 0.68,
17 This is in line with a statement in [118] that a kink lies on the SUSY line when ∆σ 3 is slightly
smaller than 3.

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which is quite close to c = 7/10. Therefore, in order to get a better estimate in d = 3,
it makes sense to impose it as an exact boundary condition in d = 2. Following this

procedure, and taking an average of the Padé approximants with n + m = 4, we nd

the d=3 estimate

F ≈ 0.158 . (6.130)

In the UV, we have the free CFT of one scalar and one Majorana fermion, which

1
has F UV = 4
log 2 ≈ 0.173, and therefore we nd F IR /F UV ≈ 0.91. This is a check

of the F -theorem for the ow from the free to the interacting N = 1 SCFT. It is

also interesting to compare the value of F at the SUSY xed point to the decoupled

Ising xed point in Figure 6.1. A plot comparing F̃ − F̃f with F̃Ising , which was

obtained in [135], is given in Figure 6.7. It shows that F̃ < F̃f + F̃Ising in the whole

range 2 < d < 4, in agreement with the generalized F -theorem [78, 135] and the

expectation that the SUSY xed point is IR stable.

0.25

0.20

˜
0.15 F Ising
˜ ˜
F N=1 - F fer
0.10

0.05

2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

d

Figure 6.7: Comparison of F̃ − F̃f at the SUSY xed point and F̃Ising (from [135]) in

2 ≤ d ≤ 4.

Finally we consider CT . Its 4 − -expansion for general N is given in eq. (6.15),

and we can use it to estimate the CT value at the N =1 SUSY xed point in d = 3.
We can perform a Padé approximation on the ratio CT /CT,s , where CT,s is the free

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scalar value, using the boundary conditions




CT 7 in d = 2,
10
= (6.131)
CT,s 
5 − 19
 + O(2 ) in d = 4 − ,
2 28

where we have imposed the d=2 value corresponding to the tri-critical Ising model.

A Pade[1,1] approximant with these boundary conditions is

CT 497d − 728
= , (6.132)
CT,s 62d + 256

which in d=3 gives CT /CT,s ≈ 1.73. This value lies well within the region allowed

by the bootstrap in g. 8 of [118] (note that ∆ψ ≈ 1.09). Comparing to the free UV

CFT of one scalar and one Ma jorana fermion, we have found CTIR /CTUV ≈ 0.86. It

would be useful to know the next order in the 4− expansion in order to obtain a

more precise estimate. Based on the comparison of the Padé for the N =2 model

with the exact result, we may expect the 2 correction to reduce CT somewhat in

d = 3.
Let us also include a brief discussion of the non-supersymmetric xed point of the

N =1 GNY model, marked by the red triangle in gure 6.1. While it has g2∗ < 0
in d = 4 − , it may become stable for suciently small d. Changing the sign of the

square root in (6.31), we nd the 4− expansion of the sphere free energy at this

xed point:

 
π 2 68753
F̃non−SUSY = F̃s + F̃f − + + O(4 ) . (6.133)
6 112 889056

Extrapolating this to d = 2, we estimate cnon−SUSY ≈ 0.78. This is close to central

charge 4/5 of the (5, 6) minimal model. This model includes primary elds of con-

formal weight 1/40 and 21/40, so that one may form a spin 1/2 eld with weights

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(h, h̃) = (1/40, 21/40) that could correspond to ψ in the Yukawa theory (such a eld

is not present in the standard modular invariants that retain elds of integer spin

only).
18 In d=3 our extrapolation gives Fnon−SUSY ≈ 0.16. The latter quantity is

bigger than (6.130); therefore, the non-SUSY xed point, if it is stable, can ow to

the SUSY one in d = 3.

It is also interesting to look at the scaling dimensions of σ, ψ and σ2 at the non-

supersymmetric xed point. Changing the sign of the square roots in (6.10) and

(6.11), we nd for N = 1:

3 95 2
∆non−SUSY
σ =1− −  + O(3 ) ,
7 6174
3 3 115 2
∆non−SUSY
ψ = − −  + O(3 ) , (6.134)
2 7 37044
22 1117 2
∆non−SUSY
σ2 =2− +  + O(3 )
21 9261

Using Pade[1,1] extrapolations to d=2 we get

∆non−SUSY
σ ≈ 0.077 , ∆non−SUSY
ψ ≈ 0.63 , ∆σnon−SUSY
2 ≈ 0.297 . (6.135)

These numbers are not far from the corresponding operator dimensions in either the

(5, 6) or the (6, 7) minimal models. For example, in the (5, 6) interpretation the exact
scaling dimension of ψ in d = 2 should be 11/20, while in the (6, 7) it should be 19/28.
The Padé value we nd lies between the two, but the accuracy of the extrapolation

all the way to d=2 is hard to assess.

The Pade[1,1] extrapolations of (6.134) to d = 3 yield ∆σnon−SUSY ≈ 0.555 and

∆non−SUSY
ψ ≈ 1.068. Interestingly, these values are not far from the feature at

(∆σ , ∆ψ ) ≈ (0.565, 1.078), which lies below the supersymmetry line in gure 7 of

18 Another possibility is that the continuation of the non-supersymmetric xed point to d = 2

gives the(6, 7) minimal model (we are grateful to the referee for suggesting this). Its central charge
6/7 ≈ 0.857 is also not far from the extrapolation of (6.133) to d = 2. The spectrum of the (6, 7)
model contains a spin 1/2 operator with weights (h, h̃) = (5/56, 33/56).

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[118]. Changing the sign of the square root in (6.14), we also nd

13
∆σnon−SUSY
3 =3−  + O(2 ) , (6.136)
7

which suggests that in d=3 the dimension of this parity-odd operator is less than 3.

A higher loop analysis of the operator dimensions is, of course, desirable.

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Appendix A

Useful integrals for one-loop

calculation

Let us evaluate the following useful one-loop integral in dimensional regularization

Z
dd q 1
I(α, β) = d 2α 2β
Z 1(2π) q (p + q) Z
α−1 β−1 Γ (α + β) dd q 1
= dxx (1 − x)
Γ(α)Γ(β) (2π) [q + x(1 − x)p2 ]α+β
d 2
Z0 1 Z ∞ Z
xα−1 (1 − x)β−1 α+β−1 dd q −t(q2 +x(1−x)p2 )
= dx dtt e
0 Γ(α)Γ(β) 0 (2π)d



 α+β− d
1 Γ d2 − α Γ d2 − β Γ α + β − d2 1 2
= d (A.1)
(4π) 2 Γ (α) Γ (β) Γ (d − α − β) p2

In the calculations in d = 6 − , we often encounter the case α = 1, β = 1, which gives

2  2− d
1 Γ 3 − d2 Γ d2 − 1 1 2
I1 ≡ I(1, 1) = d d
(A.2)
(4π) 2 (2 − 2 )Γ (d − 2) p2

For the purpose of extracting the logarithmic terms in d = 6 − , it is sucient to use

the approximation

p2 Γ(3 − d/2)
I1 → − . (A.3)
6(4π)3 (p2 )3−d/2

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 We will also need the following three-propagator integral

Z
dd k 1 1 1
I2 = (A.4)
(2π) (k − p) (k + q) k 2
d 2 2
Z 1 Z
dd k 1
=2 dxdydzδ(1 − x − y − z) (A.5)
0 (2π) [x(k − p) + y(k + q)2 + zk 2 ]3
d 2
Z 1 Z
dd k 1
=2 dxdydzδ(1 − x − y − z) (A.6)
0 (2π)d [k 2 − 2xkp + 2ykq + xp2 + yq 2 ]3

Dening l ≡ k − xp + yq , we get:

Z 1 Z
dd l 1
I2 = 2 dxdydzδ(1 − x − y − z) (A.7)
0 (2π) [l + ∆]3
d 2

with ∆ = x(1 − x)p2 + y(1 − y)q 2 + 2xypq . Evaluating the standard momentum

integral, we obtain

Z 1
1 Γ(3 − d/2)
I2 = dxdydzδ(1 − x − y − z) . (A.8)
0 (4π)d/2 ∆3−d/2

In the RG calculations of Section 3, we use the renormalization conditions [62] p2 =

q 2 = (p + q)2 = M 2 , which imply 2p · q = −M 2 , and hence ∆ = M 2 (x(1 − x) + y(1 −
y) − xy). So we can write

Z 1
1 Γ(3 − d/2) 1
I2 = dxdydzδ(1 − x − y − z) .
(4π)d/2 (M 2 )3−d/2 0 (x(1 − x) + y(1 − y) − xy)3−d/2
(A.9)

In d=6− the Feynman parameter integral becomes

Z 1   1
 2
dxdydzδ(1−x−y−z) 1 − log(x(1 − x) + y(1 − y) − xy) + O( ) = +O() .
0 2 2
(A.10)

Thus,
 
1 2 2
I2 = − log M + A + O() , (A.11)
2(4π)3 

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where A is an unimportant constant. For the purpose of extracting the log M 2 terms

in d = 6 − , it is sucient to use the approximation

1 Γ(3 − d/2)
I2 → . (A.12)
2(4π)3 (M 2 )3−d/2

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Appendix B

Summary of three-loop results

The Feynman rules for our theory are depicted in Fig. B.1

α
α β
= −dαβγ = δαβ p12
β γ

α
α β
= −(δg)αβγ = −p2 (δz)αβ
β γ

Figure B.1: Feynman rules.

where we introduced symmetric tensor coupling dαβγ and counterterms (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ
with α, β, γ = 0, 1, .., N as

d000 = g2 , dii0 = di0i = d0ii = g1 ,

(δg)000 = δg2 , (δg)ii0 = (δg)i0i = (δg)0ii = δg1 ,

(δz)00 = δσ , (δz)ii = δφ , (B.1)

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where i = 1, ..., N . The general form of a Feynman diagram in our theory could be

schematically represented as

Feynman diagram = Integral × Tensor structure factor . (B.2)

The Tensor structure factors are products of the tensors dαβγ and (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ ,
with summation over the dummy indices. Their values for dierent diagrams are

represented in Fig. D.1 and D.2 after parentheses

1. The Integrals already include

symmetry factors and are the same as in the usual ϕ3 -theory; their values are listed

in Fig. D.1 and D.2 before the parentheses.

1 To nd the Tensor structure factor we used the fact that it is a polynomial in N , so we
calculated sums of products of dαβγ , (δg)αβγ , (δz)αβ explicitly for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., using Wolfram
Mathematica. Having answers for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, .. it's possible to restore the general N form.

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B.1 Counterterms

φ g12 σ N g12 + g22 g12 (g1 + g2 ) N g13 + g23

z12 =− , z12 =− , a13 =− , b13 =− ,
3(4π)3 6(4π)3 (4π)3 (4π)3
(B.3)

φ g12 2 2


z14 = g1 (11N − 26) − 48g 1 g2 + 11g 2 ,
432(4π)6
σ 1 4 3 2 2 4


z14 =− 2N g 1 + 48N g 1 g 2 − 11N g 1 g 2 + 13g 2 ,
432(4π)6
1 2 3 2 2 3


a15 =− g 1 g 1 (11N + 98) − 2g 1 g2 (7N − 38) + 101g 1 g 2 + 4g2 ,
144(4π)6
1 5 4 3 2 2 3 5


b15 =− 4N g 1 + 54N g 1 g 2 + 18N g 1 g 2 − 7N g 1 g2 + 23g 2 ,
48(4π)6
(B.4)

φ g12
z16 = g 4 (N (13N − 232) + 5184ζ(3) − 9064) + g13 g2 6(441N − 544)
46656(4π)9 1


− 2g12 g22 (193N − 2592ζ(3) + 5881) + 942g1 g23 + 327g24 ,
σ 1
z16 =− 9
2N g16 (1381N − 2592ζ(3) + 4280) − 96N (12N + 11)g15 g2
93312(4π)


− 3N g14 g22 (N + 4320ζ(3) − 8882) + 1560N g13 g23 − 952N g12 g24 − g26 (2592ζ(3) − 5195) ,
g12
a17 = 9
− g15 (N (531N + 10368ζ(3) − 2600) + 23968)
15552(4π)
+ g14 g2 (99N 2 + 2592(5N − 6)ζ(3) − 9422N − 2588) + 2g13 g22 (1075N + 2592ζ(3) − 16897)


+ 2g12 g23 (125N − 5184ζ(3) − 3917) − g1 g24 (5184ζ(3) + 721) + g25 (2592ζ(3) − 2801) ,
1
b17 = − 2g17 N (577N + 713) − 48g16 g2 N (31N − 59)
2592(4π)9
+ g15 g22 N (423N + 2592ζ(3) + 1010) − g14 g23 N (33N − 1296ζ(3) − 6439)


− 27g13 g24 N (32ζ(3) + 11) − 301N g12 g25 + g27 (432ζ(3) + 1595) . (B.5)

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Appendix C

Sample diagram calculations

C.1 Some useful integrals

Many of the diagrams listed in gure D.1 are recursively primitive, so they can be

easily evaluated using the integral:

Z
dd p 1 Ld (α, β)
I(α, β) = d 2α 2β
= 2 α+β−d/2 , (C.1)
(2π) p (p − k) (k )

where

1 Γ( d2 − α)Γ( d2 − β)Γ(α + β − d2 )
Ld (α, β) = . (C.2)
(4π)d/2 Γ(α)Γ(β)Γ(d − α − β)

For the more complicated integrals, we use the mathematica program FIRE [156],

which uses integration-by-parts (IBP) relations to turn them into simpler master

integrals, which we then evaluate by hand.

There are two categories of diagrams which show up quite frequently as subdia-

grams, the special KIT E  diagrams and the ChT diagrams shown in Figure C.1.

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 1 1 α 1
SK(α) = α ChT (α, β) = 1

1 1 β 1
Figure C.1: The Special KIT E and ChT diagrams, the numbers labeling each prop-

agator denote its index.

The special KIT E diagram is a two-loop diagram corresponding to the following

integral:
Z
dd p dd q 1
SK(α) = . (C.3)
(2π) (2π) p (p + k) q (q + k)2 (p − q)2α
d d 2 2 2

Notice that the power of the middle propagator is arbitrary. Via the Gegenbauer

Polynomial technique as described in [157], this integral can be expressed as an innite

sum of gamma functions.

2 1 Γ2 (λ)Γ(λ − α)Γ(α + 1 − 2γ)

SK(α) = −
(4π)d (k 2 )4+α−d Γ(2λ)Γ(3λ − α − 1)
 Γ2 (1/2)Γ(3λ − α − 1)Γ(2λ − α)Γ(α + 1 − 2λ)
×
Γ(λ)Γ(2λ + 1/2 − α)Γ(1/2 − 2λ + α)
∞
X Γ(n + 2λ) 1 
+ , (C.4)

n=0
Γ(n + α + 1) (n + 1 − λ + α)

where λ = d/2 − 1. In the case of d=6− we have found that, for example:

 
d 1 1 −54 −71 + 24γ −14641 + 8520γ − 1440γ 2 + 120π 2
SK(2− ) = + + +. . .
2 (4π)d (k 2 )6−3d/2 2 1296 15520
(C.5)

The -expansion of the above result can also be veried indirectly with the mathe-

matica packages MBTools implementing the Mellin-Barnes representation [158].

The ChT diagram is another variation of the KIT E diagram. It correspond to

the integral:

Z
dd p dd q 1
ChT (α, β) = . (C.6)
(2π) (2π) p (p + k) q (q + k)2 (p − q)2
d d 2α 2β 2

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In this diagram, one triangle of the KIT E diagram all have indices 1, and the other

two lines have arbitrary indices α and β. This diagram was evaluated in position

space by Vasiliev et. al. in [5]. Their answer is:

π d v(d − 2) 1
ChT (α, β) = d 2 d/2−3+α+β
Γ( 2 − 1) (x )
 
v(α)v(2 − α) v(β)v(2 − β) v(α + β − 1)v(3 − α − β)
× + + ,
(1 − β)(α + β − 2) (1 − α)(α + β − 2) (α − 1)(β − 1)
(C.7)

Γ(d/2−α)
where v(α) = Γ(α)
. For our purpose, we just need to fourier transform this

expression to momentum space.

We also need variations of the SK and ChT diagrams, with a particular index

raised by 1, for example. However, we can use FIRE to relate them to the original

version of these diagrams.

C.2 Example of a two point function diagram

We will evaluate the three-loop ladder diagram which is the rst diagram in Figure

D.1(e). It corresponds to the integral:

Z
dd pdd qdd r 1
LADDER = 3d
, (C.8)
(2π) p (p + k) (p − r) r (r + k)2 (r − q)2 q 2 (q + k)2
2 2 2 2

where the loop momenta are p, q , and r. The external momentum is k. Using FIRE,

it can be reduced to a sum of ve master integrals, denoted as MA , ... , ME :

4(2d − 5)(3d − 8)(9d2 − 65d + 118)MA 12(d − 3)(3d − 10)(3d − 8)MC

LADDER = −
(d − 4)4 k 8 (d − 4)3 k 6
32(d − 3)2 (2d − 7)MB 4(d − 3)2 ME 3(d − 3)(3d − 10)MD
+ + + .
(d − 4)3 k 6 (d − 4)2 k 4 (d − 4)2 k 4
(C.9)

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 r
p q
k p−r k MA MB MC
r−q
p+k q+k

r+k
MD ME

Figure C.2: The LADDER diagram can be reduced to ve master integrals

The diagrams corresponding to the master integrals are listed in Figure C.2. Among

these master integrals, only MD is non-primitive, the rest can be calculated easily.

However, if we integrate over the middle loop, we see that MD is in fact related to

the special KIT E diagram SK(2 − d/2). We have:

Ld (1, 1)Ld (1, 2 − d/2)Ld (1, 3 − d) (Ld (1, 1))2 Ld (1, 4 − d)

MA = , M B =
(k 2 )4−3d/2 (k 2 )5−3d/2
(Ld (1, 1))2 Ld (1, 2 − d/2)
MC = , (C.10)
(k 2 )5−3d/2
(Ld (1, 1))3
MD = Ld (1, 1)SK(2 − d/2), ME = 2 6−3d/2 .
(k )

Plugging in d=6− and expanding in , we nd that:


k2 2 −115 + 36γ + log k 2
LADDER = − +
(4π)3d/2 93 1082

−4043 + 18(115 − 18γ)γ + 18π 2 − 18 log k 2 (−115 + 36γ + 18 log k 2 )
+ + ... .
1296
(C.11)

C.3 Example of a three point function diagram

We will evaluate the three-loop diagram found in Figure D.2(f ). In order to employ

the same techniques used for the two-point functions, we impose that the momentum

running through the three points are p, −p, and 0, as a three-point function with

three arbitrary momenta are much more dicult to compute.

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 0 0 0

p p p p p p

(a) (b) (c)

Figure C.3: The three orientations of the same diagram topology correspond to dif-

ferent integrals.

However, since the momenta are asymmetric, it is necessary to consider all three

orientations of each topology of the diagram. Notice that the tensor factors men-

tioned in the previous section will also be dierent. As an illustration, let's denote the

three orientations of the diagram we are considering by I1 , I2 , and I3 . After taking

into account that one of the external momenta is zero, they are each equivalent to a

two-point function as shown in Figure C.3. All lines have indices 1, except those with

black dots, which have indices 2.

I1 contains a subdiagram that is equivalent to ChT (1, 2), which can be evaluated

easily using our formula before; after that, the diagram is primitive. The other two

diagrams be reduced via FIRE into the master integrals MA , MB , MC , and MD as in

the LADDER diagram. Again, in d = 6 − , we nd that:

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1 1 5 − 2γ − 2 log k 2
I1 = +
(4π)3d/2 63 82

173 + 18(γ − 5)γ − π 2 + 18 log k 2 (−5 + 2γ + log k 2 )
+ + ... (C.12)
96

1 1 5 − 2γ − 2 log k 2
I2 = +
(4π)3d/2 63 82

125 + 18(γ − 5)γ − π 2 + 18 log k 2 (−5 + 2γ + log k 2 )
+ + ... (C.13)
96

1 1 5 − 2γ − 2 log k 2
I3 = +
(4π)3d/2 63 82

125 + 18(γ − 5)γ − π 2 + 18 log k 2 (−5 + 2γ + log k 2 )
+ + ... . (C.14)
96

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Appendix D

Beta functions and anomalous

dimensions for general Yukawa

theories

In this appendix we list known general results for β- and γ -functions for general

Yukawa theories in d=4 with the Lagrangian

1 1
L = (∂µ φi )2 + ψ̄ ∂/ψ + ψ̄Γi ψφi + gijkl φi φj φk φl , (D.1)
2 4!

where φi , with i = 1, . . . , Nb are real scalar elds, ψα , with α = 1, . . . , Nf are four-

component Dirac spinors, and the matrices Γi have the following general form

Γi = Si ⊗ 1 + iPi ⊗ γ5 , Γ†i = Si† ⊗ 1 − iPi† ⊗ γ5 (D.2)

and act in the avor and spinor spaces and are not necessarily Hermitian. We also

assume that γ52 = 1.

Using the papers [127, 128, 129] and [130] one can nd the β- and γ -functions of

the general Yukawa theoryfootnoteWe note that one can use results of [127, 128, 129]

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for the four-component spinors, see sec. 4 in [128]. For the γ -functions the result

reads (see formulas (3.6), (4.4) in [127] and (7.2) in [130])

1 1 † 1 1 † † 3 † †

γψ = Γi Γi − Γi Γj Γj Γi + tr(Γi Γj )Γi Γj ,
(4π)2 2 (4π)4 8 8
1 1  1 3 1 
† † † † †
γφ,ij = tr(Γi Γj ) + giklm gjklm − tr(Γj Γi Γk Γk ) − tr(Γj Γk Γi Γk ) .
2(4π)2 (4π)4 12 4 2
(D.3)

For the anomalous mixing matrix of the Nb (Nb + 1)/2 quadratic operators Oij = φi φj
with i6j we have [131]




M ij,kl + Mij,lk , k 6= l ,
γij,kl = γφ,mk δij,ml + γφ,ml δij,km + (i 6 j, k 6 l) ,


Mij,kk , k = l,

(D.4)

where δij,kl is the Kronecker delta (e.g. δ11,11 = 1, δ11,12 = 0, δ12,12 = 1, δ22,22 = 1,. . . )
and

1 1  † † †

Mij,kl = g ijkl − gikmn gjlmn + tr(Γl Γm )g ijkm − 2tr(Γi Γ k Γj Γl ) . (D.5)
(4π)2 (4π)4

For the β -functions we have (see (3.3) in [128] and (7.2) in [130])

1  1 2† † 1 †
 1 
βi = 2
2
(Γ Γi + Γi Γ ) + 2Γj Γi Γj + Γj tr(Γj Γi ) + 4
2Γk Γ†j Γi (Γ†k Γj − Γ†j Γk )
(4π) 2 2 (4π)
1
− Γj (Γ2 Γ†i + Γ†i Γ2† )Γj − (Γj Γ2 Γ†j Γi + Γi Γ†j Γ2† Γj ) − tr(Γ†i Γk )Γj Γ†k Γj
8
3 3 1

− tr(Γ†j Γk )(Γj Γ†k Γi + Γi Γ†k Γj ) − Γj tr (Γ2 Γ†j + Γ†j Γ2† )Γi + Γ†j Γk Γ†i Γk
8 8 2
1 
− 2gijkl Γj Γ†k Γl + giklm gjklm Γj (D.6)
12

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and (see (4.3) in [129])

1 1 X 1X † † 1 X †

βijkl = gijmn gmnkl − tr(Γi Γj Γk Γl ) + tr(Γa Γa )gijkl
(4π)2 8 perm 2 perm 2 a=i,j,k,l
1 1 X 1X 1X †
+ g ijkl gamnp gamnp − g ijmn gkmpr glnpr − Tr(Γn Γp )gijmn gklmp
(4π)4 12 a=ijkl
4 perm 8 perm
1X X 3 1

+ gijmn tr(Γk Γ†m Γl Γ†n ) − gijkl tr(Γa Γ†a Γm Γ†m ) + tr(Γa Γ†m Γa Γ†m )
2 perm a=ijkl
4 2
X
† † † † † † † † †


+ tr(Γm Γm Γi Γj Γk Γl ) + 2tr(Γm Γi Γm Γj Γk Γl ) + tr(Γi Γj Γm Γk Γl Γm ) ,
perm
(D.7)

P 2 †
where
perm denotes the sum over all permutation of the indices i, j, k, l and Γ = Γi Γi
P
and Γ2† = Γi Γ†i , also
a=ijkl f (a) ≡ f (i) + f (j) + f (k) + f (l). Traces tr(Γi . . . ) are

over the avor and spinor indices and tr1 = 4, trγ5 = 0.

Looking at the previous expressions for the β- and γ -functions, one can easily

generalize the result of [130] for βb , when the matrices Γi are not Hermitian:

1 1 1
βb = − tr(Γ†i Γ2 Γi Γ2 ) + tr(Γ†i Γj Γ†i Γj Γ2 ) + tr(Γi Γ†j Γi Γ†k Γj Γ†k ) − tr(Γi Γ†j Γk Γ†i Γj Γ†k )
(4π)8 144 8
3 1 
+ tr(Γ†i Γj )tr(Γ†i Γj Γ2 + Γ†i Γk Γ†j Γk ) + gijkl tr(Γi Γ†j Γk Γ†l ) − giklm gjklm tr(Γ†i Γj ) .
4 24
(D.8)

Now to use these formulas for the GNY model one simply takes

Γ1 = g1 1Nf ×Nf ⊗ 1, g1111 = g2 . (D.9)

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and nds the results (6.7), (6.9), (6.11) and (6.19). In the case of the NJL model, we

have

Γ1 = g1 1Nf ×Nf ⊗ 1, Γ2 = ig1 1Nf ×Nf ⊗ γ5 ,

1
g1111 = g2222 = g2 , g1122 = g1221 = · · · = g2 , (D.10)
3

and we obtain the results (6.68), (6.70), (6.72) and (6.80).

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 ∂
Value of ∂p2
(sum of graphs)

1 1 Ng12 + g22
(a) − (4π)3 6ǫ ×
2g12
(

1 1 ǫ Ng13 (g1 + 2g2 ) + g24

(b) (4π)6 6ǫ2
1− 3 ×
2g13(g1 + g2 )
(

1 1 11ǫ 2Ng14 + Ng12 g22 + g24

(c) − (4π)6 36ǫ2 1− 12
×
g12((N + 2)g12 + g22)
(

1 1 5ǫ 7ǫ2 Ng13 (g13 + 3g12g2 + 2g1g22 + g23 ) + g26

(d) − (4π)9 9ǫ3 1− 6
+ 144 ×
g13((N + 2)g13 + 3g12g2 + g1 g22 + g23 )
(

1 1 7ǫ 71ǫ2 Ng13 ((N + 1)g13 + 2g12 g2 + g1 g22 + 2g23) + g26

(e) − (4π)9 9ǫ3 1 − 12
+ 288
×
2g14(g1 + g2 )2
(

1 1 3ǫ 103ǫ2 Ng12 (Ng14 + 4g13 g2 + g12 g22 + g24) + g26

(f ) (4π)9 108ǫ3 2
+ 144

173
1− ×
2g13(2g13 + Ng12 g2 + g23 )
(

1 1 11ǫ 2ǫ2 Ng12 (2g14 + (N + 2)g13 g2 + g1 g23 + g24 ) + g26

(g) (4π)9 18ǫ3
1− 12
+ 9 ×
g13(g1 + g2 )((N + 2)g12 + g22 )
(

1 1 19ǫ 121ǫ2 Ng13 (2g13 + 2g12g2 + g1 g22 + 2g23 ) + g26

(h) (4π)9 54ǫ3
1− 12
+ 144 ×
g12((N + 2)g14 + 2(N + 1)g13g2 + g24)
(

1 1 ǫζ(3) 7ǫ Ng14 (2g12 + 5g22) + g26

(i) (4π)9 18ǫ2
1+ 2
− 8 ×
4g14(g12 + g22 )
(

1 1 11ǫ 23ǫ2 Ng12 (4g14 + Ng12 g22 + 2g24) + g26

(j) − (4π)9 648ǫ3 1 − 12
+ 144 ×
4g14(Ng12 + g22)
(

1 1 11ǫ 103ǫ2 Ng12 ((N + 2)g14 + 3g12 g22 + g24 ) + g26

(k) − (4π)9 324ǫ3 1 − 4
+ 36 ×
g12((3N + 2)g14 + (N + 1)g12g22 + g24 )
(

1 1 11ǫ 13ǫ2 Ng12 (4g14 + Ng12 g22 + 2g24) + g26

(l) − (4π)9 324ǫ3 1− 12
− 144
×
g12((N 2 + 4)g14 + 2Ng12 g22 + g24 )
(

Figure D.1: Values of derivatives of two-point diagrams. The upper row in parenthesis is for hσσi and the lower is for hφφi.
 Figure D.2: Values of three-point diagrams. The upper row in parenthesis is for hσσσi and the lower is for hσφφi.

1 1 Ng 3 + g23
(a) − (4π)3 ǫ × 2 1
g1 (g1 + g2 )
(

1 1 ǫ 3(Ng 3 (g 2 + g1 g2 + g22 ) + g25 )

(b) (4π)6 2ǫ2
1− 4
× 2 1 1 3
g1 ((N + 3)g1 + 5g12g2 + 2g1g22 + g23 )
(

1 1 7ǫ 3(Ng 2 (2g 3 + g 3 ) + g25 )

(c) − (4π)6 12ǫ2 1− 12 × 2 1 1 3 2
g1 ((N + 4)g1 + 2(N + 1)g12 g2 + g1 g22 + 2g23)
(

1 1 g2 (3Ng14 + g24 )
(d) − (4π)6 4ǫ ×
2g13(g12 + g22 )
(

1 1 3ǫ 3ǫ2 3 (N(N + 1)g17 + Ng16 g2 + Ng15 g22 + 2Ng14 g23 + Ng13 g24 + g27)

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(e) − (4π)9 6ǫ3 1 − 4
+ 4 × 2
g1 ((2N + 3)g15 + (N + 7)g14g2 + (N + 6)g13g22 + 3g12 g23 + g25)
(

1 1 3ǫ ǫ2 3 (Ng17 + 2Ng16 g2 + 2Ng15 g22 + Ng14 g23 + Ng13 g24 + g27 )

(f ) − (4π)9 3ǫ3 1− 4
− 4 × 2
g1 ((2N + 3)g15 + (2N + 7)g14 g2 + (N + 5)g13g22 + 2g12 g23 + g1 g24 + g25)
(

1 1 ǫ 5ǫ2 3 (Ng17 + N(N + 2)g16g2 + Ng15 g22 + 2Ng13 g24 + g27 )

(g) − (4π)9 3ǫ3 1− − 4 16 × 3
g1 ((2N + 3)g14 + (2N + 7)g13 g2 + 5g12 g22 + 3g1g23 + 2g24 )
(

1 1 5ǫ 47ǫ2 3 (2Ng17 + 2Ng16 g2 + N 2 g15g22 + Ng13 g24 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )

(h) (4π)9 18ǫ3
1− 12
− 144 × 3
g1 ((3N + 4)g14 + (3N + 4)g13 g2 + (2N + 1)g12g22 + 5g1 g23 + 2g24)
(

1 1 5ǫ 47ǫ2 3 (2Ng17 + 2Ng16 g2 + N 2 g15g22 + Ng13 g24 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )

(i) (4π)9 9ǫ3
1− 12
− 144 × 2
g1 ((N(N + 1) + 4)g15 + (2N + 6)g14g2 + (2N + 3)g13 g22 + (N + 2)g12g23 + g1 g24 + g25 )
(

1 1 5ǫ 23ǫ2 3 (2Ng17 + 2Ng16 g2 + Ng14 g23 + 2Ng13 g24 + g27)

(j) (4π)9 18ǫ3
1− 4
+ 48
× 2
g1 ((N + 4)g15 + (4N + 6)g14g2 + (4N + 2)g13g22 + g1 g24 + 2g25 )
(


 1 1 17ǫ 10ǫ2 3 (2Ng17 + N 2 g16 g2 + 2Ng15 g22 + Ng14 g23 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )
(k) (4π)9 18ǫ3
1− 12
+ 9 × 2
g1 ((3N + 4)g15 + (3N + 4)g14 g2 + (N + 3)g13g22 + (N + 3)g12g23 + g1 g24 + g25 )
(

1 1 17ǫ 11ǫ2 3 (N 2 g17 + 2Ng16 g2 + 3Ng15 g22 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )

(l) (4π)9 36ǫ3
1− 12
+ 18 × 2
g1 ((3N + 4)g15 + (2N + 6)g14 g2 + (2N + 1)g13g22 + (N + 2)g12g23 + 2g1 g24 + g25)
(

1 1 29ǫ 19ǫ2 3 (N(N + 2)g17 + Ng15 g22 + 2Ng14 g23 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )
(m) − (4π)9 108ǫ3 1 − 12
+ 9 × 2
g1 ((4N + 4)g15 + (5N + 2)g14 g2 + (N + 2)g13g22 + (2N + 1)g12g23 + g1 g24 + 2g25)
(

1 1 7ǫ 11ǫ2 3 (4Ng17 + N 2 g14 g23 + 2Ng12 g25 + g27 )

(n) − (4π)9 108ǫ3 1− 12
− 48
× 2
g1 ((N 2 + 8) g15 + (2N 2 + 4) g14 g2 + 2Ng13 g22 + 4Ng12 g23 + g1 g24 + 2g25 )
(

1 1 7ǫ 11ǫ2 3 (4Ng17 + N 2 g14 g23 + 2Ng12 g25 + g27 )

(o) − (4π)9 108ǫ3 1− 12
− 48
× 2
g1 ((4N + 4)g15 + N(N + 4)g14 g2 + 4g13g22 + (2N + 4)g12g23 + g25 )
(

175
1 1 11ǫ 3 (N(N + 4)g16 g2 + Ng14 g23 + Ng12 g25 + g27 )
(p) − (4π)9 36ǫ2 1− 12 ×
2g13 ((N + 4)g14 + (2N + 3)g12 g22 + 2g24)
(

1 1 ǫ 3 (N 2 g17 + 2Ng16 g2 + 2Ng15 g22 + Ng14 g23 + Ng13 g24 + g27 )

(q) (4π)9 12ǫ2
1− 4 ×
2g13 (3g14 + (N + 3)g13 g2 + 2g12g22 + 2g1 g23 + g24 )
(

1 1 23ǫ (3Ng 6 g2 + 3Ng15 g22 + Ng13 g24 + g27 )

(r) (4π)9 6ǫ2
1− 12
+ 2ǫζ(3) × 3 14
g1 (2g1 + (N + 2)g13 g2 + g12 g22 + g1 g23 + g24)
(

1 1 29ǫ 3 (2Ng17 + 2Ng15 g22 + 3Ng14 g23 + g27 )

(s) (4π)9 6ǫ2
1− 24
+ ǫζ(3) × 2
g1 (6g15 + (3N + 4)g14 g2 + 6g13g22 + 4g12 g23 + g25)
(

1 1 4Ng16 g2 + 3Ng14 g23 + g27

(t) − (4π)9 3ǫ ×
(N + 2)g17 + 4g15 g22 + g13 g24
(

1 1 1 3 (Ng17 + Ng16 g2 + 3Ng15 g22 + 2Ng14 g23 + g27 )

(u) − (4π)9 3ǫ ζ(3) − 3 × 3
g1 ((2N + 5)g14 + 7g13 g2 + 3g12g22 + 5g1 g23 + 2g24 )
(

Figure D.3
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