CT for non-unitary CFTs in higher dimensions

被引:35
作者
Osborn, Hugh [1 ]
Stergiou, Andreas [2 ]
机构
[1] Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Wilberforce Rd, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
[2] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Conformal and W Symmetry; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; TRACE ANOMALIES; 1/N EXPANSION; EXPONENT-ETA; RENORMALIZATION; ORDER; OPERATOR; THEOREM;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP06(2016)079
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The coefficient C-T of the conformal energy-momentum tensor two-point function is determined for the non-unitary scalar CFTs with four-and six-derivative kinetic terms. The results match those expected from large-N calculations for the CFTs arising from the O(N) non-linear sigma and Gross-Neveu models in specific even dimensions. C-T is also calculated for the C-T arising from (n - 1)-form gauge fields with derivatives in 2n + 2 dimensions. Results for (n - 1)-form theory extended to general dimensions as a non-gauge-invariant CFT are also obtained; the resulting C-T differs from that for the gauge-invariant theory. The construction of conformal primaries by subtracting descendants of lower-dimension primaries is also discussed. For free theories this also leads to an alternative construction of the energy-momentum tensor, which can be quite involved for higher-derivative theories.
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