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Exact Lindbladian Dynamics from Conformal Embeddings and Topological Defects in Conformal Field Theory

Statistical Mechanics 2026-07-09 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Analyzing the dynamics of physical observables in open quantum many-body systems is a fundamental but highly challenging task that has yielded very few exact results. In this work, we identify intrinsic conformal structures that restore exact solvability in (1+1)(1+1)D conformal field theories. For NN Majorana fermions with linear mode jumps, the adjoint Lindbladian is triangular on reduced even Majorana monomials, yielding recursive exact Heisenberg evolution. In Wess-Zumino-Witten models admitting conformal Majorana embeddings, this hierarchy gives exact dynamics of affine-current products realized as Majorana bilinears, including regimes where the Kac-Moody current algebra alone does not close. In diagonal rational conformal field theories, Verlinde topological defect lines furnish jump operators whose primary-sector dynamics is exactly diagonal: topological-charge probabilities are conserved, while intersector coherences dephase at rates fixed by the modular SS matrix and nonnegative measurement strengths. These examples show that intrinsic conformal structures, such as conformal embeddings and modular data, can organize exactly solvable open conformal dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2607.08827,
  title  = {Exact Lindbladian Dynamics from Conformal Embeddings and Topological Defects in Conformal Field Theory},
  author = {Chen Bai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.08827},
  year   = {2026}
}

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