Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics

Issue number: 10

ISSN: 1029-8479

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)065

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
We present first calculations of critical spectral functions of the relaxational Models A, B, and C in the Halperin-Hohenberg classification using a real-time formulation of the functional renormalization group (FRG). We revisit the prediction by Son and Stephanov that the linear coupling of a conserved density to the non-conserved order parameter of Model A gives rise to critical Model-B dynamics. We formulate both 1-loop and 2-loop self-consistent expansion schemes in the 1PI vertex functions as truncations of the effective average action suitable for real-time applications, and analyze in detail how the different critical dynamics are properly incorporated in the framework of the FRG on the closed-time path. We present results for the corresponding critical spectral functions, extract the dynamic critical exponents for Models A, B, and C, in two and three spatial dimensions, respectively, and compare the resulting values with recent results from the literature.

Harvard Citation style: Roth, J. and von Smekal, L. (2023) Critical dynamics in a real-time formulation of the functional renormalization group, Journal of High Energy Physics(10), Article 065. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)065

APA Citation style: Roth, J., & von Smekal, L. (2023). Critical dynamics in a real-time formulation of the functional renormalization group. Journal of High Energy Physics(10), Article 065. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)065