TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional renormalization group approach for tensorial group field theory
T2 - A rank-6 model with closure constraint
AU - Benedetti, Dario
AU - Lahoche, Vincent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/4/12
Y1 - 2016/4/12
N2 - We develop the functional renormalization group formalism for a tensorial group field theory with closure constraint, in the case of a just renormalizable model over U (1)⊗6, with quartic interactions. The method allows us to obtain a closed but non-autonomous system of differential equations which describe the renormalization group flow of the couplings beyond perturbation theory. The explicit dependence of the beta functions on the running scale is due to the existence of an external scale in the model, the radius of S1 ≃ U (1). We study the occurrence of fixed points and their critical properties in two different approximate regimes, corresponding to the deep UV and deep IR. Besides confirming the asymptotic freedom of the model, we find also a non-trivial fixed point, with one relevant direction. Our results are qualitatively similar to those found previously for a rank-3 model without closure constraint, and it is thus tempting to speculate that the presence of a WilsonFisher-like fixed point is a general feature of asymptotically free tensorial group field theories.
AB - We develop the functional renormalization group formalism for a tensorial group field theory with closure constraint, in the case of a just renormalizable model over U (1)⊗6, with quartic interactions. The method allows us to obtain a closed but non-autonomous system of differential equations which describe the renormalization group flow of the couplings beyond perturbation theory. The explicit dependence of the beta functions on the running scale is due to the existence of an external scale in the model, the radius of S1 ≃ U (1). We study the occurrence of fixed points and their critical properties in two different approximate regimes, corresponding to the deep UV and deep IR. Besides confirming the asymptotic freedom of the model, we find also a non-trivial fixed point, with one relevant direction. Our results are qualitatively similar to those found previously for a rank-3 model without closure constraint, and it is thus tempting to speculate that the presence of a WilsonFisher-like fixed point is a general feature of asymptotically free tensorial group field theories.
KW - discrete geometry
KW - functional renormalization group
KW - quantum gravity
U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/33/9/095003
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/33/9/095003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964626372
SN - 0264-9381
VL - 33
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
IS - 9
M1 - 095003
ER -