The Spinful Large Charge Sector of Non-Relativistic CFTs: From Phonons to Vortex Crystals

Abstract

We study operators in Schrödinger invariant field theories (non-relativistic conformal field theories or NRCFTs) with large charge (particle number) and spin. Via the state-operator correspondence for NRCFTs, such operators correspond to states of a superfluid in a harmonic trap with phonons or vortices. Using the effective field theory of the Goldstone mode, we compute the dimensions of operators to leading order in the angular momentum $L$ and charge $Q$. We find a diverse set of scaling behaviors for NRCFTs in both $d=2$ and $d=3$.

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