Conformal embeddings and higher-spin bulk duals
Abstract
It is well-known that conformal embeddings can be used to construct non-diagonal modular invariants for affine lie algebras. This idea can be extended to construct infinite series of non-diagonal modular invariants for coset CFTs. In this paper, we systematically approach the problem of identifying higher-spin bulk duals for these kind of non-diagonal invariants. In particular, for a special value of the 't Hooft coupling, there exist a class of partition functions that have enhanced supersymmetry, which should be reflected in a bulk dual. As a illustration of this, we show that a partition function of a orthogonal group coset CFT has a supersymmetric higher-spin bulk dual, in the 't Hooft limit. We also propose that two of the series of CFT partition functions, obtained from conformal embeddings, are equal, generalising the well-known dual interpretation of the 3-state Potts model as a and also as a coset model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.00791,
title = {Conformal embeddings and higher-spin bulk duals},
author = {Dushyant Kumar and Menika Sharma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.00791},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
40 pages, 1 figure, Version to appear in Physical Review D