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A note on the large charge expansion in 4d CFT

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arxiv 2010.00407 v2 pith:KPF5EAT6 submitted 2020-10-01 hep-th cond-mat.stat-mechcond-mat.str-el

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keywords chargedimensionsdeltafouroperatortheoriescorrectionexpansion
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In this letter, we discuss certain universal predictions of the large charge expansion in conformal field theories with $U(1)$ symmetry, mainly focusing on four-dimensional theories. We show that, while in three dimensions quantum fluctuations are responsible for the existence of a theory-independent $Q^0$ term in the scaling dimension $\Delta_Q$ of the lightest operator with fixed charge $Q\gg 1$, in four dimensions the same mechanism provides a universal $Q^0\log Q$ correction to $\Delta_Q$. Previous works discussing four-dimensional theories failed in identifying this term. We also compute the first subleading correction to the OPE coefficient corresponding to the insertion of an arbitrary primary operator with small charge $q\ll Q$ in between the minimal energy states with charge $Q$ and $Q+q$, both in three and four dimensions. This contribution does not depend on the operator insertion and, similarly to the quantum effects in $\Delta_Q$, in four dimensions it scales logarithmically with $Q$.

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