A plane defect in the 3d O$(N)$ model

Abstract

It was recently found that the classical 3d O$(N)$ model in the semi-infinite geometry can exhibit an "extraordinary-log" boundary universality class, where the spin-spin correlation function on the boundary falls off as $⟨\vec{S}(x)\cdot \vec{S}(0)⟩\sim \frac{1}{(\log x{)}^q}$. This universality class exists for a range $2\le N<N_c$ {and Monte-Carlo simulations and conformal bootstrap} indicate $N_c>3$. In this work, we extend this result to the 3d O$(N)$ model in an infinite geometry with a plane defect. We use renormalization group (RG) to show that in this case the extraordinary-log universality class is present for any finite $N\ge 2$. We additionally show, in agreement with our RG analysis, that the line of defect fixed points which is present at $N=\infty$ is lifted to the ordinary, special (no defect) and extraordinary-log universality classes by $1/N$ corrections. We study the `"central charge" $a$ for the $O(N)$ model in the boundary and interface geometries and provide a non-trivial detailed check of an $a$-theorem by Jensen and O'Bannon. Finally, we revisit the problem of the O$(N)$ model in the semi-infinite geometry. We find evidence that at $N=N_c$ the extraordinary and special fixed points annihilate and only the ordinary fixed point is left for $N>N_c$.

50 pages, 14 figures

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