Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-02-13
Prog.Theor.Phys. 109 (2003) 751-764
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
14 pages, 3 figures; comments and references added
Scientific paper
10.1143/PTP.109.751
The Wilsonian renormalization group (WRG) equation is used to derive a new class of scale invariant field theories with nonvanishing anomalous dimensions in 2-dimensional ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models. When the coordinates of the target manifolds have nontrivial anomalous dimensions, vanishing of the $\beta$ function suggest the existence of novel conformal field theories whose target space is not Ricci flat. We construct such conformal field theories with ${\bf U}(N)$ symmetry. The theory has one free parameter a corresponding to the anomalous dimension of the scalar fields. The new conformal field theories are well behaved for positive a and have the central charge 3N, while they have curvature singularities at the boundary for a<0. When the target space is of complex 1-dimension, we obtain the explicit form of the Lagrangian, which reduces to two different kinds of free field theories in weak and in strong coupling limit. As a consistency test, the anomalous dimensions are reproduced in these two limits. The target space in this case looks like a semi-infinite cigar with one-dimension compactified to a circle.
Higashijima Kiyoshi
Itou Etsuko
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