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Vincent Lahoche

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arXiv2022

Flowing in discrete gravity models and Ward identities: A review

Ward-Takahashi identities are nonperturbative relations between correlation functions and arising from symmetries in quantum and statistical fields theories, as Noether currents conservation for classical theories. Since their historical origin, these identities were considered to prove the exact relation between counter-terms to all order of the perturbative expansion. Recently they have been considered in relation with nonperturbative renormalization group aspects for some classes of quantum field theories namely tensorial group field theories and matrix models, both characterized by a specific non-locality in their interactions, and expected to provide discrete models for quantum gravity. In this review, we summarize the state of the art, focusing on the conceptual aspects rather than technical subtleties, and provide a unified reflection on this novel and promising way of investigation. We attached great importance to the pedagogy and the self-consistency of the presentation.

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arXiv2021

Field theoretical approach for signal detection in nearly continuous positive spectra I: Matricial data

Renormalization group techniques are widely used in modern physics to describe the low energy relevant aspects of systems involving a large number of degrees of freedom. Those techniques are thus expected to be a powerful tool to address open issues in data analysis when data sets are very larges. Signal detection and recognition for covariance matrix having a nearly continuous spectra is currently one of these opened issues. First investigations in this direction has been proposed in [Journal of Statistical Physics, 167, Issue 3-4, pp 462-475, (2017)] and [arXiv:2002.10574], from an analogy between coarse-graining and principal component analysis (PCA), regarding separation of sampling noise modes as a UV cut-off for small eigenvalues of the covariance matrix. The field theoretical framework proposed in this paper is a synthesis of these complementary point of views, aiming to be a general and operational framework, both for theoretical investigations and for experimental detection. Our investigations focus on signal detection, and exhibit experimental evidences in favor of a connection between symmetry breaking and the existence of an intrinsic detection threshold.

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arXiv2021

Field theoretical approach for signal detection in nearly continuous positive spectra II: Tensorial data

The tensorial principal component analysis is a generalization of ordinary principal component analysis, focusing on data which are suitably described by tensors rather than matrices. This paper aims at giving the nonperturbative renormalization group formalism based on a slight generalization of the covariance matrix, to investigate signal detection for the difficult issue of nearly continuous spectra. Renormalization group allows constructing effective description keeping only relevant features in the low ``energy'' (i.e. large eigenvalues) limit and thus provides universal descriptions allowing to associate the presence of the signal with objectives and computable quantities. Among them, in this paper, we focus on the vacuum expectation value. We exhibit experimental evidence in favor of a connection between symmetry breaking and the existence of an intrinsic detection threshold, in agreement with our conclusions for matrices, providing a new step in the direction of a universal statement.

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arXiv2021

Signal detection in nearly continuous spectra and symmetry breaking

The large scale behavior of systems having a large number of interacting degrees of freedom is suitably described using renormalization group, from non-Gaussian distributions. Renormalization group techniques used in physics are then expected to be helpful for issues when standard methods in data analysis break down. Signal detection and recognition for covariance matrices having nearly continuous spectra is currently an open issue in data science and machine learning. Using the field theoretical embedding introduced in arXiv:2011.02376 to reproduces experimental correlations, we show in this paper that the presence of a signal may be characterized by a phase transition with $\mathbb{Z}_2$-symmetry breaking. For our investigations, we use the nonperturbative renormalization group formalism, using a local potential approximation to construct an approximate solution of the flow. Moreover, we focus on the nearly continuous signal build as a perturbation of the Marchenko-Pastur law with many discrete spikes.

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arXiv2021

Generalized scale behavior and renormalization group for data analysis

Some recent results showed that renormalization group can be considered as a promising framework to address open issues in data analysis. In this work, we focus on one of these aspects, closely related to principal component analysis for the case of large dimensional data sets with covariance having a nearly continuous spectrum. In this case, the distinction between "noise-like" and "non-noise" modes becomes arbitrary and an open challenge for standard methods. Observing that both renormalization group and principal component analysis search for simplification for systems involving many degrees of freedom, we aim to use the renormalization group argument to clarify the turning point between noise and information modes. The analogy between coarse-graining renormalization and principal component analysis has been investigated in [Journal of Statistical Physics,167, Issue 3-4, pp 462-475, (2017)], from a perturbative framework, and the implementation with real sets of data by the same authors showed that the procedure may reflect more than a simple formal analogy. In particular, the separation of sampling noise modes may be controlled by a non-Gaussian fixed point, reminiscent of the behaviour of critical systems. In our analysis, we go beyond the perturbative framework using nonperturbative techniques to investigate non-Gaussian fixed points and propose a deeper formalism allowing going beyond power-law assumptions for explicit computations.

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arXiv2021

Constructive expansion for quartic vector fields theories. I. Low dimensions

This paper is the first of a series aiming at proving rigorously the analyticity and the Borel summability of generic quartic bosonic and fermionic vector models (generalizing the O(N) vector model) in diverse dimensions. Both non-relativistic (Schrödinger) and relativistic (Klein-Gordon and Dirac) kinetic terms are considered. The 4-tensor defining the interactions is constant but otherwise arbitrary, up to the symmetries imposed by the statistics of the field. In this paper, we focus on models of low dimensions: bosons and fermions for d = 0, 1, and relativistic bosons for d = 2. Moreover, we investigate the large N and massless limits along with quenching for fermions in d = 1. These results are established using the loop vertex expansion (LVE) and have applications in different fields, including data sciences, condensed matter and string field theory. In particular, this establishes the Borel summability of the SYK model both at finite and large N.

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arXiv2020

Ward-constrained melonic renormalization group flow for the rank-four $ϕ^6$ tensorial group field theory

The nontrivial fixed point discovered for $ϕ^4$-marginal couplings in tensorial group field theories have been showed to be incompatible with Ward-Takahashi identities. In this previous analysis we have stated that the case of models with interactions of order greater than four could probably lead to a fixed point compatible with local Ward's identities. In this paper we focus on a rank-4 Abelian $ϕ^6$-just renormalizable tensorial group field theory and describe the renormalization group flow over the sub-theory space where Ward constraint is satisfied along the flow, by using an improved version of the effective vertex expansion. We show that this model exhibit a nontrivial fixed points in this constrained subspace. Finally, the well-known asymptotically freedom of this model is highlighted.

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arXiv2020

Renormalization group flow of coupled tensorial group field theories: Towards the Ising model on random lattices

We introduce a new family of tensorial field theories by coupling different fields in a non-trivial way, with a view towards the investigation of the coupling between matter and gravity in the quantum regime. As a first step, we consider the simple case with two tensors of the same rank coupled together, with Dirac like kinetic kernel. We focus especially on rank-$3$ tensors, which lead to a power counting just-renormalizable model, and interpret Feynman graphs as Ising configurations on random lattices. We investigate the renormalization group flow for this model, using two different and complementary tools for approximations, namely, the effective vertex expansion method and finite-dimensional truncations for the flowing action. Due to the complicated structure of the resulting flow equations, we divided the work into two parts. In this first part we only investigate the fundamental aspects on the construction of the model and the different ways to get tractable renormalization group equations, while their numerical analysis will be addressed in a companion paper.

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arXiv2019

Ward identity violation for melonic $T^4$-truncation

Referring to recent works concerning the functional renormalization group for tensorial group fields theories [arXiv:1803.09902] and [arXiv:1809.00247], this paper gives in-depth explanation for, the ambiguity around the search of fixed points in the Wetterich flow equation and the Ward-Takahashi identities. We consider the $U(1)$-tensors models and discuss the non-existence of phase transition taking into account the Ward-identities as new constraint along the flow. We prove that the quartic melonic tensorial group fields theories without closure constraint are devoid with the fixed points and therefore the phase transitions.

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arXiv2019

Progress in the solving nonperturbative renormalization group for tensorial group field theory

This manuscript aims at giving our new advance on the functional renormalization group applied to tensorial group field theory. It is based on a series of our three papers [arXiv:1803.09902], [arXiv:1809.00247] and [arXiv:1809.06081]. We consider the polynomial Abelian $U(1)^d$ models without closure constraint, especially we discuss the case of quartic melonic interaction. We present a new approach to solve the exact Wetterich flow equation called the effective vertex expansion method, and investigate the resulting flow equations, especially about the existence of non-Gaussian fixed points for their connection with phase transitions. To complete this method, we consider a non-trivial constraint arising from the Ward-Takahashi identities, and discuss the disappearance of the global non-trivial fixed points taking into account this constraint. Finally, we argue in favor of an alternative scenario involving a phase transition into the reduced phase space given by the Ward constraint.

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arXiv2019

Unitary symmetry constraints on tensorial group field theory renormalization group flow

Renormalization group methods are an essential ingredient in the study of nonperturbative problems of quantum field theory. This paper deal with the symmetry constraints on the renormalization group flow for quartic melonic tensorial group field theories. Using the unitary invariance of the interactions, we provide a set of Ward-Takahashi identities which leads to relations between correlation functions. There are numerous reasons to consider such Ward identities in the functional renormalization group. Their compatibility along the flow provides a non-trivial constraint on the reliability of the approximation schemes used in the non-perturbative regime, especially on the truncation and the choice of the regulator. We establish the so called structure equations in the melonic sector and in the symmetric phase. As an example we consider the $T^4_5$ TGFT model without gauge constraint. The Wetterich flow equation is given and the way to improve the truncation on the effective action is also scrutinized.

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arXiv2019

Ward-constrained melonic renormalization group flow

In recent years, some interesting investigations of the non-perturbative renormalization group equations for tensorial group field theories have been done in the truncation method, and completely discarding the Ward identities from their analysis. In this letter, in continuation of our recent series of papers, we present a new framework of investigation, namely the effective vertex expansion, allowing to consider infinite sectors rather than finite dimensional subspaces of the full theory space. We focus on the ultraviolet behavior, and provide a new and complete description of the renormalization group flow constrained with Ward identities.

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arXiv2019

Constructive Tensorial Group Field Theory II: The $U(1)-T^4_4$ Model

In this paper we continue our program of non-pertubative constructions of tensorial group field theories (TGFT). We prove analyticity and Borel summability in a suitable domain of the coupling constant of the simplest super-renormalizable TGFT which contains some ultraviolet divergencies, namely the color-symmetric quartic melonic rank-four model with Abelian $U(1)$ gauge invariance, nicknamed $U(1)-T^4_4$. We use a multiscale loop vertex expansion. It is an extension of the loop vertex expansion (the basic constructive technique for non-local theories) which is required for theories that involve non-trivial renormalization.

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arXiv2019

Constructive Tensorial Group Field Theory I: The $U(1)-T^4_3$ Model

The Loop Vertex Expansion (LVE) is a constructive technique using canonical combinatorial tools. It works well for quantum field theories without renormalization, which is the case of the field theory studied in this paper. Tensorial Group Field Theories (TGFT) are a new class of field theories proposed to quantize gravity. This paper is devoted to a very simple TGFT for rank three tensors with U(1)group and quartic interactions, hence nicknamed $U(1)$-$T^4_3$. It has no ultraviolet divergence, and we show, with the LVE, that it is Borel summable in its coupling constant.

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arXiv2018

Energy momentum tensor for translation invariant renormalizable noncommutative field theory

In this paper, we derive the energy momentum tensor for the translation invariant noncommutative Tanasa scalar field model. The Wilson regularization procedure is used to improve this tensor and the local conservation property is recovered. The same question is addressed in the case where the Moyal star product is deformed including the tetrad fields. It provides with an extension of the recent work [J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 (2010) 155202], regarding the computation and properties of the Noether currents to the renormalizable models.

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arXiv2018

Universality of tunnelling particles in Hawking radiation

The complex path (or Hamilton-Jacobi) approach to Hawking radiation corresponds to the intuitive picture of particles tunnelling through the horizon and forming a thermal radiation. This method computes the tunnelling rate of a given particle from its equation of motion and equates it to the Boltzmann distribution of the radiation from which the Hawking temperature is identified. In agreement with the original derivation by Hawking and the other approaches, it has been checked case by case that the temperature is indeed universal for a number of backgrounds and the tunnelling of particles from spins $0$ to $1$ mostly, spins $3/2$ and $2$ in some instances. In this letter, we give a general proof that the temperature is indeed equal for all (massless and massive) particles with spins from $0$ to $2$ on an arbitrary background (limited to be Einstein for spin greater than $1$) in any number of dimensions. Moreover, we propose a general argument to extend this result to any spin greater than $2$.

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arXiv2017

Renormalizable Group Field Theory beyond melonic diagrams: an example in rank four

We prove the renormalizability of a gauge-invariant, four-dimensional GFT model on SU(2), whose defining interactions correspond to necklace bubbles (found also in the context of new large-N expansions of tensor models), rather than melonic ones, which are not renormalizable in this case. The respective scaling of different interactions in the vicinity of the Gaussian fixed point is determined by the renormalization group itself. This is possible because the appropriate notion of canonical dimension of the GFT coupling constants takes into account the detailed combinatorial structure of the individual interaction terms. This is one more instance of the peculiarity (and greater mathematical richness) of GFTs with respect to ordinary local quantum field theories. We also explore the renormalization group flow of the model at the non-perturbative level, using functional renormalization group methods, and identify a non-trivial fixed point in various truncations. This model is expected to have a similar structure of divergences as the GFT models of 4d quantum gravity, thus paving the way to more detailed investigations on them.

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arXiv2017

Functional renormalization group for the $U(1)$-$T_5^6$ tensorial group field theory with closure constraint

This paper is focused on the functional renormalization group applied to the $T_5^6$ tensor model on the Abelian group $U(1)$ with closure constraint. For the first time, we derive the flow equations for the couplings and mass parameters in a suitable truncation around the marginal interactions with respect to the perturbative power counting. For the second time, we study the behavior around the Gaussian fixed point, and show that the theory is nonasymptotically free. Finally, we discuss the UV completion of the theory. We show the existence of several nontrivial fixed points, study the behavior of the renormalization group flow around them, and point out evidence in favor of an asymptotically safe theory.

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