Non-Abelian Thirring model at large $N$

Abstract

We consider the non-Abelian bosonized Thirring model for a semi-simple group $G$ at level $k$, with deformation parameter $λ$. We compute the two-point correlation functions of current and composite current operators to cubic order in $λ$, assuming large values of the quadratic Casimir $c_G$ of the group $G$ in the adjoint representation. From these, we extract the $β$-function and the anomalous dimensions of both the current and composite current operators, showing the absence of an additional critical point of order $k/c_G$. Our findings align with those of Destri & de Vega for the Fermionic non-Abelian Thirring model, but contradict the claim in Dashen & Frishman regarding the existence of an additional fixed point of order $1/c_G$.