The 4-$ε$ Expansion for Long-range Interacting Systems
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
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 8 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint