Asymmetric multiscalar fixed points from equiangular tight frames
Abstract
In their work on multiscalar RG flows, Rychkov and Stergiou posed the question of whether there exist real fixed points of the one-loop renormalization group for scalar field theories in d=4−ε which respect no extra symmetry beyond the universal ℤ2 field inversion. In this note, we report on a construction of a large number of such fixed points in the theory of $22001$ scalar fields, thus resolving the question. The construction uses the geometry of an equiangular tight frame in order to reduce the (up to two-loop) fixed point equation to a two-dimensional space of couplings without assuming any extra symmetry. The main technical hurdle is then to establish the existence of such a frame whose corresponding lines preserve no symmetry. This can be achieved using the Steiner frame construction of Fickus, Mixon, and Tremain.
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BibTeX
@misc{beem2026asymmetric,
title = {{Asymmetric multiscalar fixed points from equiangular tight frames}},
author = {Christopher Beem},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.22923},
eprint = {2610.22923},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.22923},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Asymmetric multiscalar fixed points from equiangular tight frames
AU - Christopher Beem
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.22923
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.22923
AB - In their work on multiscalar RG flows, Rychkov and Stergiou posed the question of whether there exist real fixed points of the one-loop renormalization group for scalar field theories in d=4−ε which respect no extra symmetry beyond the universal ℤ_2 field inversion. In this note, we report on a construction of a large number of such fixed points in the theory of $22001$ scalar fields, thus resolving the question. The construction uses the geometry of an equiangular tight frame in order to reduce the (up to two-loop) fixed point equation to a two-dimensional space of couplings without assuming any extra symmetry. The main technical hurdle is then to establish the existence of such a frame whose corresponding lines preserve no symmetry. This can be achieved using the Steiner frame construction of Fickus, Mixon, and Tremain.
ER -