An interacting, higher derivative, boundary conformal field theory
Abstract We consider a higher derivative scalar field theory in the presence of a boundary and a classically marginal interaction. We first investigate the free limit where the scalar obeys the square of the Klein-Gordon equation. In precisely d = 6 dimensions, modules generated by d − 2 and d − 4 d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2024)133 |
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| Summary: | Abstract We consider a higher derivative scalar field theory in the presence of a boundary and a classically marginal interaction. We first investigate the free limit where the scalar obeys the square of the Klein-Gordon equation. In precisely d = 6 dimensions, modules generated by d − 2 and d − 4 dimensional primaries merge to form a staggered module. We compute the conformal block associated with this module and show that it is a generalized eigenvector of the Casimir operator. Next we include the effect of a classically marginal interaction that involves four scalar fields and two derivatives. The theory has an infrared fixed point in d = 6 − ϵ dimensions. We compute boundary operator anomalous dimensions and boundary OPE coefficients at leading order in the ϵ expansion for the allowed conformal boundary conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1029-8479 |