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arXiv:2609.34248

RG Limit Cycles in BKT Flows $\equiv$ Periodic Real-Time Dynamics in the Current-Current Perturbed $SU(2)_1$ WZW Model

Parameshwar R. Pasnoori

Published Sep 28, 2026• 0 citations
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We establish an exact correspondence between renormalization-group (RG) evolution and real-time quantum dynamics in the anisotropic current-current perturbed $SU(2)_1$ Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model. Using its integrable fermionic representation, we construct the exact time-dependent many-body wavefunction by means of the generalized Bethe ansatz and show that periodic boundary conditions lead to quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations associated with the XXZ trigonometric $R$-matrix, which corresponds to the quantum affine algebra $\mathcal{U}_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_2})$ evaluated in its spin-$1/2$ evaluation representation. Consistency of these equations constrains the temporal evolution of the longitudinal and transverse interaction strengths. In the universal regime, these integrability conditions are exactly equivalent to the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless RG flow equations upon identifying physical time with the logarithmic RG scale. Consequently, the RG limit cycles of the anisotropic current-current perturbed $SU(2)_1$ WZW model are realized as periodic real-time evolution of its interaction strengths. Our results provide an exact dynamical realization of RG limit cycles and establish a direct connection between cyclic RG flows, quantum integrability, and periodically driven interacting quantum field theories.

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10.48550/arxiv.2609.34248

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