Phase structure of a three-dimensional Yukawa model

TL;DR

This paper investigates the phase structure of a three-dimensional O(N) invariant Yukawa model using the exact renormalization group, revealing a phase diagram with first order transitions and universality classes related to supersymmetric models.

Contribution

It applies the exact renormalization group to analyze the phase diagram of a 3D Yukawa model, identifying universality classes and phase transition types, including supersymmetric cases.

Findings

Phase structure similar to N-vector model with cubic anisotropy.

Existence of a region with first order phase transition.

N=1 case belongs to the same universality class as the Wess-Zumino model.

Abstract

We use the method of the exact renormalization group to study the renormalization group flows of an O(N) invariant Yukawa model in three dimensional Euclidean space consisting of one real scalar and N real spinor fields. We obtain a phase structure similar to that of the N-vector model with cubic anisotropy, possessing a region of parameters exhibiting a first order transition. The particular case with one real fermion (N=1) belongs to the same universality class as the Wess-Zumino model with one supersymmetry. For the critical exponents of the Wilson-Fisher type fixed points, our 1-loop approximations are generally consistent with the results of previous studies.