Exact power-law family of duality-preserving nonlinear electrodynamics constructed via stress-tensor flows, with a causality no-go result showing only the undeformed Maxwell seed is causal in the relevant regime.
Root-T ¯T Deformations in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theories
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In this letter we introduce a one-parameter deformation of two-dimensional quantum field theories generated by a non-analytic operator which we call Root-$T \overline{T}$. For a conformal field theory, the operator coincides with the square-root of the $T \overline{T}$ operator. More generally, the operator is defined so that classically it is marginal and generates a flow which commutes with the $T \overline{T}$-flow. Intriguingly, the Root-$T \overline{T}$ flow is closely related to the ModMax theory recently constructed by Bandos, Lechner, Sorokin and Townsend.
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A one-parameter flow ∂_λ ℒ = ℛ_λ^{1/α} yields closed-form solutions in duality-invariant 4D electrodynamics and 2D integrable sigma models, with α=1 recovering root-TTbar and other values producing irrelevant (α<1) or relevant (α>1) deformations.
Derives μ-frame auxiliary deformation of 2D BM model and uplifts both ν- and μ-frames to 4D higher-derivative theory lacking manifest diffeomorphism invariance.
Generalizes the BIZZ recursive procedure and provides sufficient conditions under which auxiliary field deformations of integrable sigma models retain classical Yangian symmetry and Maillet bracket structure.
Deformed two-point correlators in mixed TbarT/root-TbarT CFTs admit an explicit kernel representation as weighted averages of undeformed CFT correlators over conformal dimensions, with the two-point function obtained to all orders in TbarT and leading order in root-TbarT.
In the diagonal (Cartan) sector of AdS3 gravity, the radial flow of the quasi-local stress tensor satisfies an exact T Tbar-like equation, while the boundary time evolution forms an integrable bi-Hamiltonian hierarchy.
A square-root T-bar-T deformation of 2D scalar fields carries the theory from relativistic conformal to Carrollian conformal, producing a new nonlinear 'magnetic' Carroll action at one end of the flow.
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Deformed two-point correlators in mixed TbarT/root-TbarT CFTs admit an explicit kernel representation as weighted averages of undeformed CFT correlators over conformal dimensions, with the two-point function obtained to all orders in TbarT and leading order in root-TbarT.
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