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Instantons, renormalons and the theta angle in integrable sigma models

Published inSciPost physics, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 1-44; 184
Publication date2023
First online date2023-11-03
Abstract

Some sigma models which admit a theta angle are integrable at both ϑ=0 and ϑ=π. This includes the well-known O(3) sigma model and two families of coset sigma models studied by Fendley. We consider the ground state energy of these models in the presence of a magnetic field, which can be computed with the Bethe Ansatz. We obtain explicit results for its non-perturbative corrections and we study the effect of the theta angle on them. We show that imaginary, exponentially small corrections due to renormalons remain unchanged, while instanton corrections change sign, as expected. We find in addition corrections due to renormalons which also change sign as we turn on the theta angle. Based on these results we present an explicit non-perturbative formula for the topological susceptibility of the O(3) sigma model in the presence of a magnetic field, in the weak coupling limit.

Keywords
  • Correction: nonperturbative
  • Energy: ground state
  • Family: 2
  • Instanton: correction
  • Susceptibility: topological
  • Sigma model
  • Renormalon
  • Magnetic field
  • O(3)
  • Integrability
  • Weak coupling
  • Coset space
  • Bethe ansatz
Funding
  • Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
  • Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca [R20E8NR3HX]
  • European Commission - Recursive and Exact New Quantum Theory [810573]
Citation (ISO format)
MARINO BEIRAS, Marcos, MIRAVITLLAS MAS, Ramon, MARTINS DE OLIVEIRA, Tomas. Instantons, renormalons and the theta angle in integrable sigma models. In: SciPost physics, 2023, vol. 15, n° 5, p. 1–44. doi: 10.21468/scipostphys.15.5.184
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.15.5.184
Journal ISSN2542-4653
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