$SO(3)$-invariant phase of the $O(N{)}^3$ tensor model

Abstract

We study classical and quantum (at large-$N$) field equations of bosonic tensor models with quartic interactions and $O(N{)}^3$ symmetry. Among various possible patterns of spontaneous symmetry breaking we highlight an $SO(3)$ invariant solution, with the tensor field expressed in terms of the Wigner $3jm$ symbol. We argue that such solution has a special role in the large-$N$ limit, as in particular its scaling in $N$ can provide an on-shell justification for the melonic large-$N$ limit of the two-particle irreducible effective action in a broken phase.

33 pages; v2: amended introduction and added references