Conformal Data for the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher CFT in $(2+1)$-Dimensional Spacetime from Exact Diagonalization and Matrix Product States on the Fuzzy Sphere

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Autores principales: Dey, Arjun, Herviou, Loic, Mudry, Christopher, Rychkov, Slava, Läuchli, Andreas Martin
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author Dey, Arjun
Herviou, Loic
Mudry, Christopher
Rychkov, Slava
Läuchli, Andreas Martin
author_facet Dey, Arjun
Herviou, Loic
Mudry, Christopher
Rychkov, Slava
Läuchli, Andreas Martin
contents We study at zero temperature a microscopic quantum spin-1 model on the fuzzy sphere that realizes the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher conformal field theory (CFT) in $(2+1)$-dimensional spacetime at a quantum critical point. Here, we use the fuzzy-sphere regularization as it preserves the full spatial $SO(3)$ rotational symmetry of the CFT, enabling the state-operator correspondence that maps energy eigenstates directly to CFT operators. Using exact diagonalization (ED) and matrix product state (MPS) techniques combined with conformal perturbation theory (CPT), we extract conformal data including scaling dimensions and operator product expansion (OPE) coefficients. We identify 32 primary operators and their descendants, organized by the conserved $O(2)$ charge $S^{z}$ and spatial angular momentum $L$. Our numerical results for the scaling dimensions of the lowest primary operators show good agreement with conformal bootstrap predictions. We verify predictions from the large charge expansion, which provides systematic predictions for operators carrying large $U(1)$ charge, connecting the Goldstone mode physics in the ordered phase to phonon primaries at the critical point.
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spellingShingle Conformal Data for the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher CFT in $(2+1)$-Dimensional Spacetime from Exact Diagonalization and Matrix Product States on the Fuzzy Sphere
Dey, Arjun
Herviou, Loic
Mudry, Christopher
Rychkov, Slava
Läuchli, Andreas Martin
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study at zero temperature a microscopic quantum spin-1 model on the fuzzy sphere that realizes the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher conformal field theory (CFT) in $(2+1)$-dimensional spacetime at a quantum critical point. Here, we use the fuzzy-sphere regularization as it preserves the full spatial $SO(3)$ rotational symmetry of the CFT, enabling the state-operator correspondence that maps energy eigenstates directly to CFT operators. Using exact diagonalization (ED) and matrix product state (MPS) techniques combined with conformal perturbation theory (CPT), we extract conformal data including scaling dimensions and operator product expansion (OPE) coefficients. We identify 32 primary operators and their descendants, organized by the conserved $O(2)$ charge $S^{z}$ and spatial angular momentum $L$. Our numerical results for the scaling dimensions of the lowest primary operators show good agreement with conformal bootstrap predictions. We verify predictions from the large charge expansion, which provides systematic predictions for operators carrying large $U(1)$ charge, connecting the Goldstone mode physics in the ordered phase to phonon primaries at the critical point.
title Conformal Data for the $O(2)$ Wilson-Fisher CFT in $(2+1)$-Dimensional Spacetime from Exact Diagonalization and Matrix Product States on the Fuzzy Sphere
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18705