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Coupled minimal models revisited

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-02-21 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We study coupled unitary Virasoro minimal models in the large rank (mm \rightarrow \infty) limit. In large mm perturbation theory, we find two non-trivial IR fixed points which exhibit irrational coefficients in several anomalous dimensions and the central charge. For N>4N>4 copies, we show that the IR theory breaks all possible currents that would otherwise enhance the Virasoro algebra, up to spin 10. This provides strong evidence that the IR fixed points are examples of compact, unitary, irrational CFTs with the minimal amount of chiral symmetry. We also analyze anomalous dimension matrices for a family of degenerate operators with increasing spin. These display further evidence of irrationality and begin to reveal the form of the leading quantum Regge trajectory.

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@article{arxiv.2211.16503,
  title  = {Coupled minimal models revisited},
  author = {António Antunes and Connor Behan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16503},
  year   = {2023}
}

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4+2 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; v2: matches published version

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