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Complexity from Spinning Primaries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-22 v2

Abstract

We define circuits given by unitary representations of Lorentzian conformal field theory in 3 and 4 dimensions. Our circuits start from a spinning primary state, allowing us to generalize formulas for the circuit complexity obtained from circuits starting from scalar primary states. These results are nicely reproduced in terms of the geometry of coadjoint orbits of the conformal group. In contrast to the complexity geometry obtained from scalar primary states, the geometry is more complicated and the existence of conjugate points, signaling the saturation of complexity, remains open.

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@article{arxiv.2108.10669,
  title  = {Complexity from Spinning Primaries},
  author = {Robert de Mello Koch and Minkyoo Kim and Hendrik J. R. Van Zyl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10669},
  year   = {2021}
}

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30+1 pages; v2: refs added

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