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Classifying three-character RCFTs with Wronskian index equalling 3 or 4

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-03 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In the Mathur-Mukhi-Sen (MMS) classification scheme for rational conformal field theories (RCFTs), a RCFT is identified by a pair of non-negative integers [n,]\mathbf{[n, \ell]}, with n\mathbf{n} being the number of characters and \mathbf{\ell} the Wronskian index. The modular linear differential equation (MLDE) that the characters of a RCFT solve are labelled similarly. All RCFTs with a given [n,]\mathbf{[n, \ell]} solve the modular linear differential equation (MLDE) labelled by the same [n,]\mathbf{[n, \ell]}. With the goal of classifying [3,3]\mathbf{[3,3]} and [3,4]\mathbf{[3,4]} CFTs, we set-up and solve those MLDEs, each of which is a three-parameter non-rigid MLDE, for character-like solutions. In the former case, we obtain four infinite families and a discrete set of 1515 solutions, all in the range 0<c320 < c \leq 32. Amongst these [3,3]\mathbf{[3,3]} character-like solutions, we find pairs of them that form coset-bilinear relations with meromorphic CFTs/characters of central charges 16,24,32,40,48,56,6416, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64. There are six families of coset-bilinear relations where both the RCFTs of the pair are drawn from the infinite families of solutions. There are an additional 2323 coset-bilinear relations between character-like solutions of the discrete set. The coset-bilinear relations should help in identifying the [3,3]\mathbf{[3,3]} CFTs. In the [3,4]\mathbf{[3,4]} case, we obtain nine character-like solutions each of which is a [2,2]\mathbf{[2,2]} character-like solution adjoined with a constant character.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.01149,
  title  = {Classifying three-character RCFTs with Wronskian index equalling 3 or 4},
  author = {Chethan N. Gowdigere and Sachin Kala and Jagannath Santara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.01149},
  year   = {2023}
}

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64 pages, 20 tables

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