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Ludo Fraser-Taliente [$O(N)$ model]
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 This also goes by the name of the "n-vector model". Its Ginzburg-Landau description is the critical point of an O$(N)$-symmetric vector $\phi_i$ of scalar fields with a $\phi^4 =(\phi_i \phi_i)^2$ interaction. This also goes by the name of the "n-vector model". Its Ginzburg-Landau description is the critical point of an O$(N)$-symmetric vector $\phi_i$ of scalar fields with a $\phi^4 =(\phi_i \phi_i)^2$ interaction.
  
-Until 2025 this was thought to be the same CFT as the non-linear $\sigma$ model (NLSM), but recent research has challenged this identification: the NLSM has a protected operator of dimension $N-1$ which cannot be seen in the WF CFT [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21611 | 1]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10194 | 2]]+Until 2025 this was thought to be the same CFT as the non-linear $\sigma$ model (NLSM), but recent research has challenged this identification: the NLSM has a protected operator of dimension $N-1$ which cannot be seen in the WF CFT [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21611 | 1]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10194 | 2]].
  
 ===== Large-N limit ===== ===== Large-N limit =====