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Hidden and explicit quantum scale invariance

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arxiv 1812.07946 v2 pith:3KCE4PJH submitted 2018-12-19 hep-th hep-ph

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keywords scaleinvariantrenormalisationtheoryinvariancequantumexplicitlyemerge
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There exist renormalisation schemes that explicitly preserve the scale invariance of a theory at the quantum level. Imposing a scale invariant renormalisation breaks renormalisability and induces new non-trivial operators in the theory. In this work, we study the effects of such scale invariant renormalisation procedures. On the one hand, an explicitly quantum scale invariant theory can emerge from the scale invariant renormalisation of a scale invariant Lagrangian. On the other hand, we show how a quantum scale invariant theory can equally emerge from a Lagrangian visibly breaking scale invariance renormalised with scale dependent renormalisation (such as the traditional MS-bar scheme). In this last case, scale invariance is hidden in the theory, in the sense that it only appears explicitly after renormalisation.

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