Published for SISSA by Springer Received: July 29, 2016 Accepted: September 25, 2016
Published: September 28, 2016
Relevant deformations and c-extremization
Ilarion V. Melnikov
Department of Physics and Astronomy, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807, U.S.A. E-mail: mailto:[email protected]
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Abstract: We consider RG ows obtained by a relevant deformation from unitary and compact two-dimensional (0,2) SCFTs. We point out that an N=2 super-Kac-Moody algebra present in the UV is preserved by the ow and does not mix with the R-current. On the other hand, a direct sum of N=2 algebras in the UV theory leads to a few complications in determining the IR R-symmetry; nevertheless, in ows without accidental IR symmetries, we determine the IR R-symmetry and show that it maximizes the IR central charge.
Keywords: Anomalies in Field and String Theories, Conformal Field Theory, Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
ArXiv ePrint: 1603.08935
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The Authors.
Article funded by SCOAP3. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2016)169
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Conserved currents in (0,2) CFT 22.1 Superspace and representations for currents 22.2 A direct sum of N=2 algebras 3
3 Relevant deformations 5
4 Extremization and the IR R-symmetry 6
5 Conclusions 8
1 Introduction
A priori constraints on renormalization group (RG) ows provide key insights into the structure of quantum eld theory. These constraints are often easier to derive in super-symmetric theories, particularly in even dimensions, where they are often related to robust quantities like anomalies in global symmetries.
This note is a comment on one such constraint obtained in [1]. Consider a two-dimensional RG ow that preserves (0,2) supersymmetry and leads to a unitary compact superconformal eld theory in the IR.1 Suppose that the IR R-symmetry arises as a linear combination of symmetries preserved along the RG-ow. It is shown in [1] that the linear combination is determined by nding the extremum of a quadratic trial function C; moreover, the extremum value of C is the right-moving central charge of the IR theory, cIR.
Extremization has the following signicance: the trial function is maximized in directions that correspond to left-moving (in our conventions holomorphic) symmetries of the IR theory, and it is minimized in directions that correspond to right-moving (anti-holomorphic) non-R symmetries of the IR theory.
We point out a simplication for (0,2)-preserving RG ows obtained by relevant deformations of a unitary compact CFT, where the UV N=2 superconformal algebra is a direct sum of decoupled N=2 algebras. The N=2 algebras that are preserved by the relevant deformation remain decoupled and show up in the IR, each with its own R-symmetry. It then remains to nd the IR R-symmetry in the sector coupled by the deformations. We show that if the IR R-symmetry is a linear combination of symmetries preserved along the ow, then it is a linear combination of left-moving symmetries and the diagonal R-symmetry of the UV theory. The exact linear combination is then determined by maximizing C.
1A compact CFT has a nite number of states with dimension less than or equal to any R.
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2 Conserved currents in (0,2) CFT
Our starting point for constructing the RG ow is a unitary compact SCFT with (0,2) superconformal invariance. Such a theory will in general have a number of conserved currents that generate a reductive Lie algebra gtot, which consists of a semi-simple component and an abelian component u(1)rtot. We will focus on this abelian component in what follows.
Unitarity and compactness guarantee that u(1)rtot = u(1)r u(1)r, and the conserved currents satisfy
@J = 0 , = 1, . . . , r ,
@J
= 0 ,
= 1, . . . , r , (2.1)
where
@ = @/@z and @ = @/@z.2 For z 6= 0 the non-vanishing current-current correlation
functions are
z2hJ (z)J (0)i = K , z2hJ
(0)i = 0 , (2.2) where K and K are symmetric positive matrices. It will be convenient to normalize the holomorphic currents so that K = .
We have yet to use the assumption of N=2 invariance: we have a superconformal algebra AVir AN=2
(z)J
(0)i = K
, zzhJ (z)J
sVir, which means that we can organize all of the currents into super-symmetry multiplets.
2.1 Superspace and representations for currents
It is convenient to describe these multiplets in terms of a (0,2) superspace, with z a shorthand for (z; z, +, ). The superspace coordinates are labeled by their R-charge, and the global superconformal algebra has the representation
J
0 = +@ + @
, L0 = z
@
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2( +@
+ + @ ) , G1/2 = @
@ ,
L1 =
@ , L1 = z2
@ , G1/2 = (z + )G1/2 ,
L0 = z@ , L1 = @ , L1 = z2@ . (2.3) Here @ = @/@z,
@ = @/@z, and @ = @/@ .
The holomorphic currents J (z) are easily described: they are primary operators of weight (h, h) = (1, 0) and therefore are in the trivial representation of A. The same holds
for the holomorphic stress tensor T (z).
On the other hand, the anti-holomorphic currents reside in non-trivial representations of A. Perhaps the most familiar example of this is o ered by the superconformal current
multiplet of A:
(z) = J(z) + +G(z) G+(z) + 2 + T (z) . (2.4)
2The careful reader will note that we do note consider the possibility that r = 0, i.e. there are no left-moving KM symmetries. As we will see shortly, with our assumptions it is necessary to have at least r = 1 to obtain a supersymmetric RG ow where the IR R-symmetry is a linear combination of the UV symmetries.
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J is the R-current, the G are the supercurrents, and T is the right-moving stress tensor. In particular, the supersymmetry charges are the modes G1/2.
If G are the only conserved spin 3/2 currents in the theory, then is the unique multiplet with a (0,1) current as the lowest component. A current J
cannot appear as the top component of a multiplet, because then the lowest component would necessary have scaling dimension 0. In a compact CFT the only such operator is the identity. It is possible for J
to appear as a middle component of an N=2 multiplet. Once we restrict to abelian currents, the resulting multiplet must necessarily be a short multiplet, either chiral or anti-chiral, because otherwise there would be a (0,1) current charged with respect to the R-symmetry.
Thus, when G currents are the unique spin 3/2 conserved currents, the remaining abelian (0,1) currents assemble into chiral/antichiral N=2 super Kac-Moody (SKM) multiplets of the form
i = i + 2 +Ji + +
@ i ,
= + 2 J
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+
@ ,
where the i and are anti-holomorphic operators with (h, h) = (0, 1/2), R-charge respectively +1 and 1, and non-vanishing two-point functionszh (z) i(0)i = Ki ,where K is a positive Hermitian matrix. Each Ji is a complex combination of two of the
J
, and the non-vanishing two-point functions are
z2hJ(z)Ji(0)i = Ki .
The Ki then determine the K
in (2.1). Suppose we have i = 1, . . . , d such multiplets. If d = 1, then we nd three abelian right-moving currents: Re J, Im J, and : :. For d > 1 the free fermions generate an so(2d) level 1 KM algebra. The N=2 SKM has a Sugawara construction [2, 3]. For instance, for d = 1 we obtain the free-eld representation familiar from toroidal compactication:
J =: : , G+ = 2 J
, G = 2 J , T = : JJ :
1
2(:
@ : + :
@ :) .
This N=2 algebra algebra has central charge c = 3.
2.2 A direct sum of N=2 algebras
There is another possibility for the appearance of additional (0,1) abelian currents. Suppose
A decomposes into a direct sum of N=2 algebras: A = r =1A
. In this case we have r
supercurrent multiplets
(z) = J
(z) + +G (z) G+ (z) + 2 + T
(z) . (2.5)
The OPE
(z1)
(z2) is regular unless
=
, and the sum =
P generates the
diagonal N=2 algebra; the top component of is the energy momentum tensor of the
3
SCFT, i.e. the operator that couples to a background world-sheet metric. The central terms in each of the algebras are xed by superconformal invariance and the two-point function of the lowest components:
212h
(z1)
(z2)i =
c
3
12 = z12 +1 2 1 2+ . (2.6)
More generally, the supercurrent multiplet may be reducible but not necessarily decomposable.3 In other words, =
Pr =1 , where the are N=2 quasi-primary but not
necessarily commuting operators. Given a reducible supercurrent multiplet, the necessary and su cient conditions for decomposability into r components are as follows:
1. the OPE of the
closes;
2. the J
are abelian currents with two-point function (2.6);
3. the G carry charges
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with respect to J
;
4. the T
are J
-neutral.
The rst condition implies that the algebra is determined by the two- and three-point functions of the
. The former are xed by the second condition and superconformal invariance, while the latter satisfy
hJ (z1)J (z2)J (z3)i = 0 , hJ (z1)T (z2)T (z3)i = 0 ,
hJ (z1)G+ (z2)G (z3)i =
2
3c
z12z13z223 . (2.7)
The supersymmetry relations
G = [G1/2, J
(z)] , {G1/2, G (z)} = 2T
(z) +
@J
(z) (2.8)
determine the remaining three-point functions
hJ (z1)J (z2)T (z3)i , hG+ (z1)G (z2)T (z3)i , hT (z1)T (z2)T (z3)i . (2.9)
For instance, we have
2hJ
(z1)J
(z2)T
(z3)i = 2hJ
(z1)J
(z2)T
(z3)i +
hJ (z1)J (z2)J (z3)i
= hJ
(z1)J
(z2){G+1/2, G(z3)}i = hG+ (z1)J
(z2)G (z3)i + hJ
(z1)G+ (z2)G (z3)i
= 2
3c
z212z223 . (2.10)
3This terminology is familiar in the context of supercurrent multiplets from [4]: a multiplet is reducible if it is a sum of two separate supersymmetry multiplets; a multiplet is decomposable if it can be split into two decoupled supercurrent multiplets.
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The remaining correlators are determined by very similar manipulations. So, although in general the three-point functions of superconformal descendants are not xed in terms of those of the N=2 primaries, three-point functions of conserved currents can be determined completely by using the current algebra and superconformal invariance.4
Are there reducible but indecomposable supercurrent multiplets? There is one obvious example: the small N=4 algebra. In this case the charge +2 su(2) current J++ is
the lowest component of a chiral multiplet, where the fermi component is the additional supercharge G+. Similarly, J and G reside in an anti-chiral multiplet of the diagonal N=2 algebra. More generally, two-dimensional superconformal algebras are classied under the assumptions that conserved currents have spins in {0, 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2}, a unique
energy momentum tensor, and their OPE closes [2, 79]; a summary may be found in [10]. Some indecomposable examples of N=1 supercurrent multiplets arise in G2 and Spin(7) holonomy sigma models [11, 12].
It would be interesting to describe other reducible but indecomposable supercurrent multiplets of the N=2 algebra, but in this work we will restrict attention to UV xed points that realize a sum of irreducible N = 2 algebras.
We point out that a supercurrent multiplet with r > 1 components is a counterexample to the assertion that the R-current (i.e. the lowest component of ) has vanishing anomaly with any other right-moving current.
3 Relevant deformations
Having reviewed the structure of symmetry currents in a compact unitary (0,2) SCFT, we now consider (0,2) supersymmetric relevant deformations of the theory. In this section we will show that N=2 SKM multiplets do not participate in the RG ow, and we will also describe the symmetries of the UV theory preserved by a relevant deformation.
As was shown in [13], supersymmetric relevant deformations are in one to one correspondence with chiral primary operators UI with weights hI = qI/2 + 1/2 and hI = qI/2.5
Here qI < 1 is the R-charge of UI with respect to the diagonal R-symmetry J. When there
are multiple N=2 supercurrent multiplets, i.e. r > 1, we can write qI =
P q I, where q I
. The operator UI is chiral primary
with respect to the diagonal superconformal algebra if and only if it is chiral primary with respect to each of the simple sub-algebras. Hence, we can assume q I 0.
We now argue that supersymmetric relevant deformations are neutral under all right-moving currents in N=2 SKM multiplets. The only non-irrelevant deformations that involve the degrees of an N=2 SKM multiplet are of the form K(z) (z), where K(z) is a left-moving (1,0) current, and (z) is the lowest component of a chiral N=2 SKM multiplet. Every such operator is marginal at leading order in conformal perturbation theory. This point was already made in [13], but we repeat it here with new emphasis: a supersymmetric
4For more details on the uses of superconformal Ward identities in (0,2) theories the reader might consult [5]; a four-dimensional example of current 3-point functions in a superconformal theory can be found in [6].
5By a supersymmetric deformation we mean one that preserves the full (0,2) supersymmetry.
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is the R-charge of UI with respect to the current J
relevant deformation leaves every N=2 SKM unbroken. These remain symmetries along the ow and of course also at the IR xed point. Thus, we can and will ignore the N=2 SKM sector in our search for the IR R-current.
Let us determine the symmetries preserved by a supersymmetric relevant deformation that involves some set of operators UI, with I = 1, . . . , N. For this we just need to consider
the form of the deformation and classify the currents that remain conserved in the presence of the deformation. The deformation action has the form
N
[summationdisplay]
I=1
I
[integraldisplay] d2z {G1/2, UI} + h.c. =
N
[summationdisplay]
I=1
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
I
[integraldisplay] d2z OI
+ h.c. , (3.1)
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where OI
= {(G )1/2, UI}, and the I are coupling constants. The operator OI
is
non-zero if and only if q I > 0.Denote the conserved charges corresponding to J and J
of the undeformed theory by, respectively, Q and Q , and consider a general combination of these
Q[s] =[summationdisplay]
s Q +
[summationdisplay]
s
Q .
satises
i[Q , OI ] = q IOI , i[Q , OI ] = (q I 1) + (1 )q I (3.2)
and is therefore neutral with respect to Q[s] if and only if
s
=
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
A non-zero operator OI
. (3.3)
When this holds, it is easy to show that to leading order in conformal perturbation theory
@
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
q Is +
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
q Is
= 0 , (3.4)
and we will assume that this current remains conserved along the RG ow.
4 Extremization and the IR R-symmetry
We now assume that the entire RG ow (as opposed to just the innitesimal deformation) is supersymmetric and leads to a compact unitary CFT in the IR. Furthermore, we assume that the IR R-symmetry arises as a linear combination of the symmetries preserved along the ow. We will show that the particular linear combination is determined by superconformal invariance. The main tool is the same as in [1], i.e. t Hooft anomaly matching.6
6Some earlier applications to similar questions in the (0,2) context were made in [1416].
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s J + @
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
s
J
is pre
served along the RG ow and will show up as a summand in the IR superconformal algebra. It will not mix with the superconformal algebra of the interacting part of the theory. As we showed above, any N=2 SKM must be such a decoupled summand, but there may be other decoupled factors as well. There is no mystery about the R-symmetry for each of the decoupled factors: it remains exactly the same and never mixes with the interacting sector with non-trivial RG ow. So, we can now turn to the remaining R-symmetry question: how do identify the R-symmetry in the interacting sector?
To keep the notation simple we will use the same
index to refer just to the interacting
sub-algebras; i.e. for every
Observe that if the deformation is invariant under a A
sub-algebra, then A
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there is some I such that OI
6= 0. With that simplication
in hand, taking a look at (3.3), we conclude s
= s0, a constant independent of
. Thus,
we can simplify (3.3) to
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
q Is = s0(1 qI) for all I . (4.1)
When this is satised, we have a conserved charge
Q[s] =
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
s Q + s0Q , (4.2)
Pr =1 Q is the diagonal R-charge of the unperturbed theory. We wish the
Q[s] to be an R-symmetry along the ow, which requires s0 = 1.7 So, packaging the q I into an N r matrix L, (L) I = q I, we now recast (4.1) as
Ls = , (4.3)
where I = 1 qI. Therefore a succinct form for the necessary and su cient condition for
the ow to preserve an R-symmetry is
im L . (4.4)
We now see that, as promised, a (0,2) supersymmetric deformation of a unitary compact
SCFT is only possible if r > 0; otherwise (4.3) implies qI = 1 for all I, i.e. the deformation is marginal. When it exists, the solution for s is ambiguous if dim ker L = n > 0. Fix an orthonormal (with respect to the standard Euclidean metric on Rr) basis {!1, !2, . . . , !n}
for ker L, i.e. !Ti !j = ij.8 Given any solution to (4.3), say s = , we can form a trial solution
s(t) = +
n
[summationdisplay]
i=1
where Q =
ti!i . (4.5)
Our goal is to determine the n parameters ti such that Q[s(t)] is the IR R-symmetry. This is easy once we understand the physical signicance of the ti in terms of the structure of
7This follows because we want to assign R-charges 1 to , and s0 = 1 is the correct choice.
8We are using the simplication that the left-moving currents of the UV theory were normalized with K = .
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the conserved currents. For each !i we obtain in the IR a left-moving KM algebra, while choosing s = s (t) in (4.2) will yield the IR R-symmetry. In the IR CFT the left-moving KM symmetries have no mixed anomalies with right-moving KM symmetries. However, since the anomalies are RG-invariant, we can also compute them in the UV theory in terms of the current-current two-point functions. There are two interesting classes of these for us:
13C(t) = z2hJ(z)J(0)i z2hJ
trial(z)Jtrial(0)i ,
Xi = z2hJi(z)J
trial(0)i , (4.6)
where
(!i) J . (4.7)
To ensure that the trial R-symmetry has no mixed anomalies with the remaining left-moving symmetries we must choose the parameters ti such that Xi = 0. With our chosen normalization z2hJ (z)J (0)i = , this determinesti = !Ti , s(t) = = [summationdisplay]
i
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Jtrial =
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
r
[summationdisplay]
=1
s (t)J , Jtrial = J ,
Ji =
(!Ti )!i . (4.8)
Once this is satised, the IR R-symmetry is determined. The IR central charge is given by evaluating C(t):
cIR = cUV 3T . (4.9)
The IR R-symmetry maximizes the trial function C(t), and the maximum value is cIR.
5 Conclusions
We have shown that with our assumptions there is a simplication in the c-extremization of [1], and the two-dimensional R-symmetry is determined much as in N=1 d=4 ows, which maximize a trial function for the central charge a [17]. This observation was inspired by [13], where the c-extremization result of [1] was used to study basins of attraction in (0,2) Landau-Ginzburg (LG) theories. In these asymptotically free RG ows we observed a number of important features. First, we noted empirically that in theories where the quasi-homogeneous superpotential had an isolated minimum, and thus a normalizable ground state, there were no examples of right-moving non-R symmetries in N=2 SKM multiplets. Indeed, whenever the UV theory had an irreducible supercurrent multiplet the quasi-homogeneous superpotential did not admit any symmetries where the mixed anomaly extracted from the two-point function had non-positive eigenvalues. Any RG ow from an SCFT obtained as an IR xed point of such a LG theory provides an example of the SCFTs considered in this note.
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The second observation from [13] that bears on the above results is that accidental symmetries that mix with the R-current are to be found even in these (0,2) simple LG ows. We expect this to be a typical feature in (0,2) RG ows. In some cases we expect that unitarity constraints combined with our observation may help to uncover accidental symmetries in non-trivial (0,2) RG ows.
Acknowledgments
I thank M.R. Plesser, A.B. Royston and the anonymous referee for comments on the manuscript and S. Sethi for pointing out reference [12].
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Abstract
Abstract
We consider RG flows obtained by a relevant deformation from unitary and compact two-dimensional (0,2) SCFTs. We point out that an N=2 super-Kac-Moody algebra present in the UV is preserved by the flow and does not mix with the R-current. On the other hand, a direct sum of N=2 algebras in the UV theory leads to a few complications in determining the IR R-symmetry; nevertheless, in flows without accidental IR symmetries, we determine the IR R-symmetry and show that it maximizes the IR central charge.
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