Possible Failure of Asymptotic Freedom in Two-Dimensional $RP^2$ and $RP^3$ $σ$-Models

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Talk given at the Lattice 92 Conference, latex, 5 postscript figures, uses epsf.sty (all included) IFUP-Th 58/92 and SNS 16/92

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10.1016/0920-5632(93)90332-Z

We have simulated the two-dimensional $RP^2$ and $RP^3$ $\sigma$-models, at correlation lengths up to about 220 (resp.\ 30), using a Wolff-type embedding algorithm. We see no evidence of asymptotic scaling. Indeed, the data rule out the conventional asymptotic scaling scenario at all correlation lengths less than about $10^{9}$ (resp.\ $10^{5}$). Moreover, they are consistent with a critical point at $\beta \approx 5.70$ (resp.\ 6.96), only 2\% (resp.\ 5\%) beyond the largest $\beta$ at which we ran. Preliminary studies of a mixed $S^{N-1}/RP^{N-1}$ model (i.e. isovector + isotensor action) show a similar behavior when $\beta_T \to \infty$ with $\beta_V$ fixed $\ltapprox 0.6$, while they are consistent with conventional asymptotic freedom along the lines $\beta_T/\beta_V$ fixed $\ltapprox 2$. Taken as a whole, the data cast doubt on (though they do not completely exclude) the idea that $RP^{N-1}$ and $S^{N-1}$ $\sigma$-models lie in the same universality class.

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