Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: We characterize constraints on the possible IR phases of quantum field theories from coupling constant anomalies. We give conditions for when a coupling constant anomaly cannot be matched by a continuous family of symmetry preserving gapped phases: the theory must then be gapless or exhibit spontaneous symmetry breaking or a phase transition. We demonstrate examples of coupling constant anomalies which can be matched by a family of symmetry preserving gapped phases without a phase transition and comment on the interpretation of our results for the spontaneous breaking of “( − 1 )-form global symmetries.” Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Author: T. Daniel Brennan
Institution: University of California San Diego
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Simons Foundation
Awards: G6693947847, G877146242
OpenAlex ID: W4401578270