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Operator spectrum of nonrelativistic CFTs at large charge

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We extend and clarify the large-charge expansion of the conformal dimension $\Delta_Q$ of the lowest operator of charge $Q$ in nonrelativistic CFTs using the state-operator correspondence. The latter requires coupling the theory to an external harmonic trap that confines the particles to a spherical cloud, at the edge of which the effective theory breaks down and leads to divergences. Only recently has this issue been overcome by constructing appropriate counterterms at the edge of the cloud in arXiv:2010.07967. In this note, we extend these results by systematically analyzing the degree of divergence of operators in the effective action and show that there always exist appropriate edge counterterms that make the final contributions to $\Delta_Q$ finite. On the other side of the correspondence, this also provides new corrections to the Thomas-Fermi approximation of the unitary Fermi gas, and we comment on their relevance for ultracold atom physics.

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Unnuclear matter at large-charge

nucl-th · 2025-01-17 · conditional · novelty 6.0

In the large-charge EFT of neutrons, effective-range corrections to the two-point function first appear at second order in the effective range, and the deformed theory has a narrow but usable perturbative window for Q=3 to 6 final-state neutrons.

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  • Unnuclear matter at large-charge nucl-th · 2025-01-17 · conditional · none · ref 11 · internal anchor

    In the large-charge EFT of neutrons, effective-range corrections to the two-point function first appear at second order in the effective range, and the deformed theory has a narrow but usable perturbative window for Q=3 to 6 final-state neutrons.