The tensor renormalization group for pure and disordered two-dimensional lattice systems

The tensor renormalization group (TRG) is a powerful new approach for coarse-graining classical two-dimensional (2D) lattice Hamiltonians. It uses the intuitive framework of traditional position space renormalization group methods-analyzing flows in the space of Hamiltonian parameters-but can be systematically improved to yield thermodynamic properties at much higher precision. We present initial results demonstrating that the TRG can be generalized to quenched random systems, applying it to obtain the phase diagram of a bond-diluted triangular lattice Ising ferromagnet. This opens a variety of potential future applications, most prominently spin glasses.     

Fluctuation-dissipation theorem and the dynamical renormalization group

The relation between a recently introduced dynamical real-space renormalization group and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem is discussed. An apparent incompatibility is pointed out and resolved.     

Investigating the ultraviolet properties of gravity with a Wilsonian renormalization group equation

We review and extend in several directions recent results on the “asymptotic safety” approach to quantum gravity. The central issue in this approach is the search of a Fixed Point having suitable properties, and the tool that is used is a type of Wilsonian renormalization group equation. We begin by discussing various cutoff schemes, i.e. ways of implementing the Wilsonian cutoff procedure. We compare the beta functions of the gravitational couplings obtained with different schemes, studying first the contribution of matter fields and then the so-called Einstein-Hilbert truncation, where only the cosmological constant and Newton’s constant are retained. In this context we make connection with old results, in particular we reproduce the results of the epsilon expansion and the perturbative one-loop divergences. We then apply the Renormalization Group to higher derivative gravity. In the case of a general action quadratic in curvature we recover, within certain approximations, the known asymptotic freedom of the four-derivative terms, while Newton’s constant and of the cosmological constant have a nontrivial fixed point. In the case of actions that are polynomials in the scalar curvature of degree up to eight we find that the theory has a fixed point with three UV-attractive directions, so that the requirement of having a continuum limit constrains the couplings to lie in a three-dimensional subspace, whose equation is explicitly given. We emphasize throughout the difference between scheme-dependent and scheme-independent results, and provide several examples of the fact that only dimensionless couplings can have “universal” behavior.     

Lattice and continuum wavelets and the block renormalization group

We obtain a resolution of the identity operator, for functions on a latticeZ ^d, which is derived from the block renormalization group. We use eigenfunctions of the terms of the decomposition to form a basis forl ₂(Z^d) and show how the basis is generated from lattice wavelets. The lattice spacing is taken to zero and continuum wavelets are obtained.     

A renormalization group analysis of turbulent transport

The field-theoretic renormalization group is used to derive scaling relations for the transport of passive scalars by an incompressible velocity field with a specified energy spectrum. Results are obtained with the analog of the expansion of critical phenomena and compared to exact results which are available for shear flows in two dimensions.A 1/N expansion is proposed for the regions in which the expansion fails.     

Dynamically driven renormalization group

We present a detailed discussion of a novel dynamical renormalization group scheme: the dynamically driven renormalization group (DDRG). This is a general renormalization method developed for dynamical systems with non-equilibrium critical steady state. The method is based on a real-space renormalization scheme driven by a dynamical steady-state condition which acts as a feedback on the transformation equations. This approach has been applied to open nonlinear systems such as self-organized critical phenomena, and it allows the analytical evaluation of scalling dimensions and critical exponents. Equilibrium models at the critical point can also be considered. The explicit application to some models and the corresponding results are discussed.     

Non-perturbative renormalization group calculation of the scalar self-energy

We present the first numerical application of a method that we have recently proposed to solve the Non Perturbative Renormalization Group equations and obtain the n-point functions for arbitrary external momenta. This method leads to flow equations for the n-point functions which are also differential equations with respect to a constant background field. This makes them, a priori, difficult to solve. However, we demonstrate in this paper that, within a simple approximation which turns out to be quite accurate, the solution of these flow equations is not more complicated than that of the flow equations obtained in the derivative expansion. Thus, with a numerical effort comparable to that involved in the derivative expansion, we can get the full momentum dependence of the n-point functions. The method is applied, in its leading order, to the calculation of the self-energy in a 3-dimensional scalar field theory, at criticality. Accurate results are obtained over the entire range of momenta.     

Polyakov effective action from functional renormalization group equation

We discuss the Polyakov effective action for a minimally coupled scalar field on a two dimensional curved space by considering a non-local covariant truncation of the effective average action. We derive the flow equation for the form factor in , and we show how the standard result is obtained when we integrate the flow from the ultraviolet to the infrared.     

Social paradoxes of majority rule voting and renormalization group

Real-space renormalization group ideas are used to study a voting problem in political science. A model to construct self-directed pyramidal structures from bottom up to the top is presented. Using majority rules, it is shown that a minority and even a majority can be systematically self-eliminated from top leadership, provided the hierarchy has a minimal number of levels. In some cases, 70% of the population is found to have zero representation after six hierarchical levels. Results are discussed with respect to the internal operation of political organizations.     

Fixed points of renormalization group for the hierarchical fermionic model

A fermionic version of Dyson's hierarchical model is defined. An exact renormalization group transformation is given as a rational transformation of two-dimensional parameter space. Two branches of nontrivial fixed points are described, one of which bifurcates from the trivial Gaussian branch. The existence of the thermodynamic limit for these branches of fixed points is investigated.     

Threshold effects on renormalization group running of neutrino parameters in the low-scale seesaw model

We show that, in the low-scale type-I seesaw model, renormalization group running of neutrino parameters may lead to significant modifications of the leptonic mixing angles in view of so-called seesaw threshold effects. Especially, we derive analytical formulas for radiative corrections to neutrino parameters in crossing the different seesaw thresholds, and show that there may exist enhancement factors efficiently boosting the renormalization group running of the leptonic mixing angles. We find that, as a result of the seesaw threshold corrections to the leptonic mixing angles, various flavor symmetric mixing patterns (e.g., bi-maximal and tri-bimaximal mixing patterns) can be easily accommodated at relatively low energy scales, which is well within the reach of running and forthcoming experiments (e.g., the LHC).     

An extended approach for computing the critical properties in the two-and three-dimensional lattices within the effective-field renormalization group method

In this letter we employing the effective-field renormalization group (EFRG) to study the Ising model with nearest neighbors to obtain the reduced critical temperature and exponents ν for bi- and three-dimensional lattices by increasing cluster scheme by extending recent works. The technique follows up the same strategy of the mean field renormalization group (MFRG) by introducing an alternative way for constructing classical effective-field equations of state takes on rigorous Ising spin identities.     

Functional renormalization group for quantized anharmonic oscillator

Functional renormalization group methods formulated in the real-time formalism are applied to the O(N) symmetric quantum anharmonic oscillator, considered as a 0 + 1 dimensional quantum field-theoric model, in the next-to-leading order of the gradient expansion of the one- and two-particle irreducible effective action. The infrared scaling laws and the sensitivity-matrix analysis show the existence of only a single, symmetric phase. The Taylor expansion for the local potential converges fast while it is found not to work for the field-dependent wavefunction renormalization, in particular for the double-well bare potential. Results for the gap energy for the bare anharmonic oscillator potential hint on improving scheme-independence in the next-to-leading order of the gradient expansion, although the truncated perturbation expansion in the bare quartic coupling provides strongly scheme-dependent results for the infrared limits of the running couplings.     

Non-perturbative renormalization group for simple fluids

We present a new non-perturbative renormalization group for classical simple fluids. The theory is built in the Grand Canonical ensemble and also in the framework of two equivalent scalar field theories. The exact mapping between the three renormalization flows is established rigorously. In the Grand Canonical ensemble the theory may be seen as an extension of the Hierarchical Reference Theory [Adv. Phys. 44, 211 (1995)] but, however, does not suffer from its shortcomings at subcritical temperatures. In the framework of a new canonical field theory for the liquid state developed with that aim, our construction identifies with the effective average action approach developed recently [Phys. Rep. 363 (2002)].     

Loop variables and gauge invariant exact renormalization group equations for (open) string theory II

In arXiv:1202.4298 gauge invariant interacting equations were written down for the spin 2 and spin 3 massive modes using the exact renormalization group of a world sheet theory. This is generalized to all the higher levels in this paper. An interacting theory of an infinite tower of massive higher spins is obtained. They appear as a compactification of a massless theory in one higher dimension. The compactification and consequent mass is essential for writing the interaction terms. Just as for spin 2 and spin 3, the interactions are in terms of gauge invariant “field strengths” and the gauge transformations are the same as for the free theory. This theory can then be truncated in a gauge invariant way by removing one oscillator of the extra dimension to match the field content of BRST string (field) theory. The truncation has to be done level by level and results are given explicitly for level 4. At least up to level 5, the truncation can be done in a way that preserves the higher-dimensional structure. There is a relatively straightforward generalization of this construction to (arbitrary) curved space–time and this is also outlined.     

Bounds for free energy derivatives using renormalization group methods

The free energy of a thermodynamic system is known to be a concave function of the temperature. This fact is used, together with some results due to Fisher, to deduce bounds on the internal energy of the two-dimensional Ising model, given reasonably accurate upper and lower bounds on the free energy. These free energy bounds are derived from renormalization group transformations. Unfortunately, the numerical accuracy of the bounds on the internal energy is poor. The reasons for the failure are discussed.     

Generalized renormalization group equation for systems of arbitrary symmetry

An exact renormalization group equation for the Ginzburg-Landau-Wilson functional of an arbitrary symmetry is obtained. The equation derived does not contain redundant operators which must be transformed away.     

New renormalization procedure for eliminating redundant operators

A generalized exact renormalization group equation is obtained by using a new rencrmalization procedure. This equation does not contain redundant operators and therefore enables one to avoid using an uncertain procedure for their exclusion.