Complex nonlinear sigma model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20166v1
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:52:43 GMT
• Title: Complex nonlinear sigma model
• Authors: Kazuki Yamamoto, Kohei Kawabata,
• Abstract summary: We study nonlinear sigma models with complexified couplings as a general framework for nonunitary field theory.<n>Our work elucidates universal aspects of critical phenomena in complexified field theory.
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• Abstract: Motivated by the recent interest in the criticality of open quantum many-body systems, we study nonlinear sigma models with complexified couplings as a general framework for nonunitary field theory. Applying the perturbative renormalization-group analysis to the tenfold symmetric spaces, we demonstrate that fixed points with complex scaling dimensions and critical exponents arise generically, without counterparts in conventional nonlinear sigma models with real couplings. We further clarify the global phase diagrams in the complex-coupling plane and identify both continuous and discontinuous phase transitions. Our work elucidates universal aspects of critical phenomena in complexified field theory.

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