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Four-point correlation modular bootstrap for OPE densities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-10 v2

Abstract

In this work we apply the lightcone bootstrap to a four-point function of scalars in two-dimensional conformal field theory. We include the entire Virasoro symmetry and consider non-rational theories with a gap in the spectrum from the vacuum and no conserved currents. For those theories, we compute the large dimension limit (h/c>>1) of the OPE spectral decomposition of the Virasoro vacuum. We then propose a kernel ansatz that generalizes the spectral decomposition beyond h/c>>1. Finally, we estimate the corrections to the OPE spectral densities from the inclusion of the lightest operator in the spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.2106.05993,
  title  = {Four-point correlation modular bootstrap for OPE densities},
  author = {Carlos Cardona and Cynthia Keeler and William Munizzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05993},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

25 pages, 2 figures. Version match published version

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