Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1993-05-06
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 34 (1994) 680-682
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
99 pages, report no. IFUP-TH 14/93, two misprints in Appendix C corrected
Scientific paper
10.1016/0920-5632(94)90481-2
A general two-dimensional spin model with U$(N)$ invariance, interpolating between $\CPN$ and ${\rm O}(2N)$ models, is studied in detail in order to illustrate both the general features of the $1/N$ expansion on the lattice and the specific techniques devised to extract scaling (field-theoretical) behavior. The continuum version of the model is carefully analyzed deriving quantitative $O(1/N)$ physical predictions in order to establish a benchmark for lattice computations. The $1/N$ expansion on the lattice, including second-nearest-neighbor interactions, is set up by constructing explicitly effective propagators and vertices. The technique of asymptotic expansion of the lattice propagators, basic to the derivation of analytical results in the scaling domain, is presented in full detail and applied to the model. Physical quantities, like the free energy and different definitions of correlation length, are evaluated. The lattice renormalization-group trajectories are identified and universality among different lattice (and continuum) schemes in the scaling region is explicitly proven. A review of other developments based on the lattice $1/N$ expansion is presented.
Campostrini Massimo
Rossi Paolo
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