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Nicolas Delporte

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arXiv2026

Critical Phenomena on the Bethe Lattice

We investigate the critical behavior of a family of $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetric scalar field theories on the Bethe lattice (the tree limit of regular hyperbolic tessellations) using both the non-perturbative Functional Renormalization Group and lattice perturbation theory. The family is indexed by the parameter $\zeta \in (0,1]$, which determines the range of the theory via the kinetic term constructed from the graph Laplacian raised to the power $\zeta$. Specifically, $\zeta=1$ is the short-range theory, while $0<\zeta<1$ defines the long-range model. Due to the hyperbolic nature of Bethe lattices, the Laplacian lacks a zero mode and exhibits a spectral gap. We find that upon closing this spectral gap by a modification of the Laplacian, the scalar field theories exhibit novel critical behavior in the form of non-trivial fixed points with critical exponents governed by $\zeta$ and the spectral dimension $d_s=3$. In particular, our analysis indicates the presence of a Wilson-Fisher fixed point for the short range $\zeta =1$ theory. In contrast, the nearest-neighbor Ising model on the Bethe lattice is known to exhibit mean-field critical exponents. To the best of our knowledge, this work provides the first evidence that a scalar $\phi^4$ theory and the discrete Ising model on the same underlying lattice may lie in distinct universality classes.

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arXiv2025

Real eigenvalue/vector distributions of random real antisymmetric tensors

Real eigenpairs of a real antisymmetric tensor of order $p$ and dimension $N$ can be defined as pairs of a real eigenvalue and $p$ orthonormal $N$-dimensional real eigenvectors. We compute the signed and the genuine distributions of such eigenvalues of Gaussian random real antisymmetric tensors by using a quantum field theoretical method. An analytic expression for finite $N$ is obtained for the signed distribution and the analytic large-$N$ asymptotic forms for both. We compute the edge of the distribution for large-$N$, one application of which is to give an upper bound (believed tight) of the injective norm of the random real antisymmetric tensor. We find a large-$N$ universality across various tensor eigenvalue distributions: the large-$N$ asymptotic forms of the distributions of the eigenvalues $z$ of the complex, complex symmetric, real symmetric, and real antisymmetric random tensors are all expressed by $e^{N\,B\, h_p(z_c^2/z^2)+o(N)}$, where the function $h_p(\cdot)$ depends only on the order $p$, while $B$ and $z_c$ differ for each case, $NB$ being the total dimension of the eigenvectors and $z_c$ being determined by the phase transition point of the quantum field theory.

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arXiv2025

Characteristic polynomials of tensors via Grassmann integrals and distributions of roots for random Gaussian tensors

We propose a new definition of characteristic polynomials of tensors based on a partition function of Grassmann variables. This new notion of characteristic polynomial addresses general tensors including totally antisymmetric ones, but not totally symmetric ones. Drawing an analogy with matrix eigenvalues obtained from the roots of their characteristic polynomials, we study the roots of our tensor characteristic polynomial. Unlike standard definitions of eigenvalues of tensors of dimension $N$ giving $\sim e^{{\text{constant}} \, N}$ number of eigenvalues, our polynomial always has $N$ roots. For random Gaussian tensors, the density of roots follows a generalized Wigner semi-circle law based on the Fuss-Catalan distribution, introduced previously by Gurau [arXiv:2004.02660 [math-ph]].

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arXiv2024

The Edge of Random Tensor Eigenvalues with Deviation

The largest eigenvalue of random tensors is an important feature of systems involving disorder, equivalent to the ground state energy of glassy systems or to the injective norm of quantum states. For symmetric Gaussian random tensors of order 3 and of size $N$, in the presence of a Gaussian noise, continuing the work [arXiv:2310.14589], we compute the genuine and signed eigenvalue distributions, using field theoretic methods at large $N$ combined with earlier rigorous results of [arXiv:1003.1129]. We characterize the behaviour of the edge of the two distributions as the variance of the noise increases. We find two critical values of the variance, the first of which corresponding to the emergence of an outlier from the main part of the spectrum and the second where this outlier merges with the corresponding largest eigenvalue and they both become complex. We support our claims with Monte Carlo simulations. We believe that our results set the ground for a definition of pseudospectrum of random tensors based on $Z$-eigenvalues.

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arXiv2024

Dirac walks on regular trees

The study of matter fields on an ensemble of random geometries is a difficult problem still in need of new methods and ideas. We will follow a point of view inspired by probability theory techniques that relies on an expansion of the two point function as a sum over random walks. An analogous expansion for Fermions on non-Euclidean geometries is still lacking. Casiday et al. [\textit{Laplace and Dirac operators on graphs}, Linear and Multilinear Algebra (2022) 1] proposed a classical "Dirac walk" diffusing on vertices and edges of an oriented graph with a square root of the graph Laplacian. In contrast to the simple random walk, each step of the walk is given a sign depending on the orientation of the edge it goes through. In a toy model, we propose here to study the Green functions, spectrum and the spectral dimension of such "Dirac walks" on the Bethe lattice, a $d$-regular tree. The recursive structure of the graph makes the problem exactly solvable. Notably, we find that the spectrum develops a gap and that the spectral dimension of the Dirac walk matches that of the simple random walk ($d_s=1$ for $d=2$ and $d_s=3$ for $d\geq 3$).

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arXiv2021

Sextic tensor field theories in rank $3$ and $5$

We study bosonic tensor field theories with sextic interactions in $d<3$ dimensions. We consider two models, with rank-3 and rank-5 tensors, and $U(N)^3$ and $O(N)^5$ symmetry, respectively. For both of them we consider two variations: one with standard short-range free propagator, and one with critical long-range propagator, such that the sextic interactions are marginal in any $d<3$. We derive the set of beta functions at large $N$, compute them explicitly at four loops, and identify the respective fixed points. We find that only the rank-3 models admit a melonic interacting fixed points, with real couplings and critical exponents: for the short-range model, we have a Wilson-Fisher fixed point with couplings of order $\sqrtε$, in $d=3-ε$; for the long-range model, instead we have for any $d<3$ a line of fixed points, parametrized by a real coupling $g_1$ (associated to the so-called wheel interaction). By standard conformal field theory methods, we then study the spectrum of bilinear operators associated to such interacting fixed points, and we find a real spectrum for small $ε$ or small $g_1$.

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arXiv2021

Remarks on a melonic field theory with cubic interaction

We revisit the Amit-Roginsky (AR) model in the light of recent studies on Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) and tensor models, with which it shares some important features. It is a model of $N$ scalar fields transforming in an $N$-dimensional irreducible representation of $SO(3)$. The most relevant (in renormalization group sense) invariant interaction is cubic in the fields and mediated by a Wigner $3jm$ symbol. The latter can be viewed as a particular rank-3 tensor coupling, thus highlighting the similarity to the SYK model, in which the tensor coupling is however random and of even rank. As in the SYK and tensor models, in the large-$N$ limit the perturbative expansion is dominated by melonic diagrams. The lack of randomness, and the rapidly growing number of invariants that can be built with $n$ fields, makes the AR model somewhat closer to tensor models. We review the results from the old work of Amit and Roginsky with the hindsight of recent developments, correcting and completing some of their statements, in particular concerning the spectrum of the operator product expansion of two fundamental fields. For $5.74<d<6$ the fixed-point theory defines a real CFT, while for smaller $d$ complex dimensions appear, after a merging of the lowest dimension with its shadow. We also introduce and study a long-range version of the model, for which the cubic interaction is exactly marginal at large $N$, and we find a real and unitary CFT for any $d<6$, both for real and imaginary coupling constant, up to some critical coupling.

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arXiv2020

Tensor Field Theories: Renormalization and Random Geometry

This thesis focuses on renormalization of quantum field theories. Its first part considers three tensor models in three dimensions, a Fermionic quartic with tensors of rank-3 and two Bosonic sextic, of ranks 3 and 5. We rely upon the large-$N$ melonic expansion of tensor models. For the first model, invariant under $U(N)^3$, we obtain the RG flow of the two melonic couplings and the vacuum phase diagram, from a reformulation with a diagonalizable matrix intermediate field. The discrete chiral symmetry breaks spontaneously and we compare with the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu model. Beyond the massless $U(N)^3$ symmetric phase, we also observe a massive phase of same symmetry and another where the symmetry breaks into $U(N^2)\times U(N/2)\times U(N/2)$. A matrix model invariant under $U(N)\times U(N^2)$, with close properties, is also studied. For the other models, with symmetry groups $U(N)^3$ and $O(N)^5$, a non-melonic coupling (the "wheel") with an optimal scaling in $N$ drives us to a generalized melonic expansion. The kinetic terms are taken of short- and long-range, and we analyze perturbatively, at large-$N$, the RG flows of the sextic couplings up to four loops. Only the rank-3 model displays non-trivial fixed points (two real Wilson-Fisher-like in the short-range case and a line of fixed points in the other). We finally obtain the real conformal dimensions of the primary bilinear operators. In the second part, we establish the first results of perturbative multi-scale renormalization for a quartic scalar field on critical Galton-Watson trees, with a long-range kinetic term. At criticality, an emergent infinite spine provides a space of effective dimension $4/3$ on which to compute averaged correlation fonctions. This approach formalizes the notion of a QFT on a random geometry. We use known probabilistic bounds on the heat-kernel on a random graph reviewed in detail.

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arXiv2019

Perturbative Quantum Field Theory on Random Trees

In this paper we start a systematic study of quantum field theory on random trees. Using precise probability estimates on their Galton-Watson branches and a multiscale analysis, we establish the general power counting of averaged Feynman amplitudes and check that they behave indeed as living on an effective space of dimension 4/3, the spectral dimension of random trees. In the `just renormalizable' case we prove convergence of the averaged amplitude of any completely convergent graph, and establish the basic localization and subtraction estimates required for perturbative renormalization. Possible consequences for an SYK-like model on random trees are briefly discussed.

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arXiv2018

Phase diagram and fixed points of tensorial Gross-Neveu models in three dimensions

Perturbing the standard Gross-Neveu model for $N^3$ fermions by quartic interactions with the appropriate tensorial contraction patterns, we reduce the original $U(N^3)$ symmetry to either $U(N)\times U(N^2)$ or $U(N)\times U(N)\times U(N)$. In the large-$N$ limit, we show that in three dimensions such models admit new ultraviolet fixed points with reduced symmetry, besides the well-known one with maximal symmetry. The phase diagram notably presents a new phase with spontaneous symmetry breaking of one $U(N)$ component of the symmetry group.

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arXiv2018

The Tensor Track V: Holographic Tensors

We review the fast developing subject of tensor models for the NAdS$_2$/NCFT$_1$ holographic correspondence. We include a brief review of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model and then focus on the associated quantum mechanical tensor models (GW and CTKT). We examine their main features and how they compare with SYK. To end, we discuss different extensions: the large $D$ limit of matrix-tensor models, the large $N$ expansion of symmetric/antisymmetric tensors, the use of probes, the construction of a bilocal action for tensors, some attempts to extend the above models to higher dimensions and a proposal to break the tensor symmetry.

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