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A non-unitary bulk-boundary correspondence: Non-unitary Haagerup RCFTs from S-fold SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-08-28 v2

Abstract

We introduce a novel class of two-dimensional non-unitary rational conformal field theories (RCFTs) whose modular data are identical to the generalized Haagerup-Izumi modular data. Via the bulk-boundary correspondence, they are related to the three-dimensional non-unitary Haagerup topological field theories, recently constructed by a topological twisting of three-dimensional N=4{\cal N}=4 rank-zero superconformal field theories (SCFTs), called S-fold SCFTs. We propose that, up to the overall factors, the half-indices of the rank-zero SCFTs give the explicit Nahm representation of four conformal characters of the RCFTs including the vacuum character. Using the theory of Bantay-Gannon, we can successfully complete them into the full admissible conformal characters of the RCFTs.

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@article{arxiv.2310.14877,
  title  = {A non-unitary bulk-boundary correspondence: Non-unitary Haagerup RCFTs from S-fold SCFTs},
  author = {Dongmin Gang and Dongyeob Kim and Sungjay Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.14877},
  year   = {2024}
}

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