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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Department of Physics

Physics 221B Quantum Field Theory Winter 2015


Prof: Joe Polchinski [email protected]

ASSIGNMENT #8
Due: Mon., March 9, in class.

1. Srednicki 28.1: the RG for d = 4 λφ4 .


2. Consider massless λφ4 in in d = 4.
a) Show that the action is invariant under a scaling symmetry x0 = sx. That is, S[φ0 ] =
S[φ], where φ0 (x) = sa φ(sx) for some a.
b) Find the Noether current for this symmetry, by looking at the infinitesimal s = 1 + .
c) Show that if the energy momentum is traceless, T µµ = 0, then j µ = T µν xν is conserved.
d) Is the Noether T µν for this theory traceless? You can use the equation of motion here
if needed.?
e) Show that Iµν = (∂µ ∂ν − gµν ∂ 2 )φ2 is always conserved, no matter what it the equation
of motion is for φ.
f) Show that T 0µν = T µν + cI µν is traceless for some c. Compare your scale current to
T 0µν xν .
g) Show that the conserved quantities P µ = d3 x T µ0 are the same for T and T 0 (you
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can assume that the fields fall off fast at infinity). So I µν is sort of trivial, and either T or T 0
can be used as the energy momentum tensor (similar to 36.4 and last quarter’s HW 9, #5).
h) Consider the current T 0µν vν (x). What is the condition on vν (x) for this to be con-
served? The extra solutions to this equation, beyond vµ (x) = xµ , are known as conformal
transformations.
It is a somewhat open question whether every scale invariant theory has a traceless T 0 (and
therefore the larger conformal symmetry). There are some proofs under specific conditions,
and some exotic counterexamples.
Something to think about: gravity couples to Tµν . In what way does the theory change
if we add some multiple of I to T ?
3. Srednicki 52.3: studying a two-dimensional flow.
4. a) Calculate β1 and β2 for a theory with two massless scalars φ, χ and interaction
λ1 4 λ2
(φ + χ4 ) + φ2 χ2 .
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Sketch the RG flow.
b) Now look at the theory in 4 −  dimensions, so β̂i picks up a term −λi . Find the fixed
points, and classify each as IR fixed point, UV fixed point, or saddle point. Sketch the flow.

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