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We carry out a three-loop computation that establishes the existence of scale without conformal invariance in dimensional regularization with the MS scheme in unitary theories in d = 4 − ϵ spacetime dimensions. We also comment on the effects of scheme changes in theories with many couplings, as well as in theories that live on non-conformal scale-invariant renormalization group trajectories. Stability properties of such trajectories are analyzed, revealing both attractive and repulsive directions in a specific example. We explain how our results are in accord with those of Jack & Osborn on a c-theorem in d = 4 (and d = 4 − ϵ) dimensions. Finally, we point out that limit cycles with turning points are unlike limit cycles with continuous scale invariance.
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Fortin, JF., Grinstein, B. & Stergiou, A. Scale without conformal invariance at three loops. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 85 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2012)085
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