The 4-$ε$ Expansion for Long-range Interacting Systems

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Authors: Zhiyi Li, Kun Chen, Youjin Deng
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Abstract

The establishment of the Wilson-Fisher fixed point (WFP) for $O(n)$ spin models in $d=4-ε$ dimensions stands as a cornerstone of the renormalization group (RG) theory for critical phenomena. However, when long-range (LR) interactions, algebraically decaying as $\propto 1/r^{d+σ}$, are introduced, the fate of the short-range WFP (SR-WFP) has remained a subject of intense debate since the 1970s. We employ two complementary techniques -- the standard field-theoretic RG and a perturbative bootstrap scheme, and perform the $ε$-expansion calculations up to the two-loop level. We show that, as long as $σ

Fields of Study & Subjects

Theoretical and Computational Physics Quantum many-body systems Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
8 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint