Generalizations of {CP}(n1)^{(n-1)} With Nonabelian Gauge Symmetry in 2+ϵ2+\epsilon Dimensions

Nov, 1979
13 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 168 (1980) 32-44
  • Published: 1980
Report number:
  • Print-79-0927 (OXFORD),
  • OXFORD-TP 55/79

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
This paper considers non-linear σ models having global U( n ) and local U( k ) symmetries (1 ⩽ k < n ) in space-time dimensions d > 2. The special case k = 1 is the CP n −1 model. The renormalizability to all orders of these models (in the presence of gauge invariant sources) is demonstrated in 2 + ϵ dimensions. A second order phase transition is shown to occur at a coupling strength of order ϵ, analogous to that in the O( n ) model. Certain critical exponents associated with this transition are evaluated at two loop order. We are able to compare the two phases only in the limit n → ∞, k fixed.
  • FIELD THEORETICAL MODEL: SIGMA
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: NONABELIAN
  • FIELD THEORY: NONLINEAR
  • FIELD THEORY: RENORMALIZABLE
  • FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • PERTURBATION THEORY
  • RENORMALIZATION
  • APPROXIMATION: LEADING ORDER