We study quantum aspects of the recently constructed doubly lambda-deformed
sigma-models representing the effective action of two WZW models interacting
via current bilinears. We show that although the exact beta-functions and
current anomalous dimensions are identical to those of the lambda-deformed
models, this is not true for the anomalous dimensions of generic primary field
operators in accordance with the fact that the two models differ drastically.
Our proofs involve CFT arguments, as well as effective sigma-model action and
gravity calculations.Comment: 1+26 pages, Late
We study the renormalization group equations of the fully anisotropic λ-deformed CFTs involving the direct product of two current algebras at different levels k 1,2 for general semi-simple groups. The exact, in the deformation parameters, β-function is found via the effective action of the quantum fluctuations around a classical background as well as from gravitational techniques. Furthermore, agreement with known results for symmetric couplings and/or for equal levels, is demonstrated. We study in detail the two coupling case arising by splitting the group into a subgroup and the corresponding coset manifold which consistency requires to be either a symmetric-space one or a non-symmetric Einstein-space.
We consider λ-deformed current algebra CFTs at level k, interpolating between an exact CFT in the UV and a PCM in the IR. By employing gravitational techniques, we derive the two-loop, in the large k expansion, β-function. We find that this is covariant under a remarkable exact symmetry involving the coupling λ, the level k and the adjoint quadratic Casimir of the group. Using this symmetry and CFT techniques, we are able to compute the Zamolodchikov metric, the anomalous dimension of the bilinear operator and the Zamolodchikov C-function at two-loops in the large k expansion, as exact functions of the deformation parameter. Finally, we extend the above results to λ-deformed parafermionic algebra coset CFTs which interpolate between exact coset CFTs in the UV and a symmetric coset space in the IR.
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