A free field perspective of λ-deformed coset CFT’s

Abstract We continue our study of λ-deformed σ-models by setting up a 1 k $$ \frac{1}{k} $$ perturbative expansion around the free field point for cosets, in particular for the λ-deformed SU(2)/U(1) coset CFT. We construct an interacting field theory in which all deformation effects are manifestly e...

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Main Authors: George Georgiou, Konstantinos Sfetsos, Konstantinos Siampos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2020)187
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Summary:Abstract We continue our study of λ-deformed σ-models by setting up a 1 k $$ \frac{1}{k} $$ perturbative expansion around the free field point for cosets, in particular for the λ-deformed SU(2)/U(1) coset CFT. We construct an interacting field theory in which all deformation effects are manifestly encoded in the interaction vertices. Using this we reproduce the known β-function and the anomalous dimension of the composite operator perturbing away from the conformal point. We introduce the λ-dressed parafermions which have an essential Wilson- like phase in their expressions. Subsequently, we compute their anomalous dimension, as well as their four-point functions, as exact functions of the deformation and to leading order in the k expansion. Correlation functions with an odd number of these parafermions vanish as in the conformal case.
ISSN:1029-8479