RG flows on $S^d$ and Hamiltonian truncation

Abstract

We describe a nonperturbative method to compute the partition function and correlation functions for scalar QFTs set on the $d$-dimensional sphere $S^d$. The method relies on a Hamiltonian picture, where the theory is quantized on $S^{d-1}$ and states evolve in time by means of a time-dependent Hamiltonian. Crucially, the Hilbert space on $S^{d-1}$ is truncated to a finite set of states below a cutoff. Throughout this work we focus on the ${\varphi }^2$ and $i{\varphi }^3$ flows in three dimensions. In the first part of this paper we analyze the cutoff-dependence of various observables, computing both divergent and RG-improvement counterterms to be added to the action. Next we present nonperturbative results for the massive scalar on $S^3$, finding good agreement in the strong-coupling regime between numerical data and the $F$-coefficient of the free scalar CFT. We also check that the renormalized $i{\varphi }^3$ theory on $S^3$ is nonperturbatively UV-finite. The scheme in question breaks the $\mathrm{SO}(d+1)$ spacetime symmetry group of $S^d$ down to $\mathrm{SO}(d)$, and in an example we study how the full symmetry is restored in the continuum limit. The relation between our method and earlier work by Al. B. Zamolodchikov involving a specific RG flow on $S^2$ is explained as well.

arXiv comment27 pages + appendices, 6 figures. v2: typos, added refs, minor changes

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