Phases of Wilson lines in conformal field theories
We study the low-energy limit of Wilson lines (charged impurities) in conformal gauge theories in 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions. As a function of the representation of the Wilson line, certain defect operators can become marginal, leading to interesting renormalization group flows and for sufficiently larg...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2023
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