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We study the O(2N) model at criticality in three dimensions in the double scaling limit of large N and large charge. We show that the large-charge expansion is an asymptotic series, and we use resurgence techniques to study the non-perturbative corrections and to extend the validity of the eft to any value of the charge. We conjecture the general form of the non-perturbative behavior of the conformal dimensions for any value of N and find very good agreement with previous lattice data.
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Dondi, N., Kalogerakis, I., Orlando, D. et al. Resurgence of the large-charge expansion. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 35 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2021)035
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