Published October 5, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Scale without conformal invariance: An example

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)

Description

We give an explicit example of a model in D=4-ε space-time dimensions that is scale but not conformally invariant, is unitary, and has finite correlators. The invariance is associated with a limit cycle renormalization group (RG) trajectory. We also prove, to second order in the loop expansion, in D=4-ε, that scale implies conformal invariance for models of any number of real scalars. For models with one real scalar and any number of Weyl spinors we show that scale implies conformal invariance to all orders in perturbation theory.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.08.060

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.08.060;
arXiv
arXiv:1106.2540v4;
PII
S0370-2693(11)01008-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
704
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 74-80
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
43073968
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; LIMIT CYCLE; PERTURBATION THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SCALARS; SPACE-TIME; SPINORS; TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
ATTRACTORS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.