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Gravitationally Dressed Conformal Field Theory and Emergence of Logarithmic Operators

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study correlation functions in two-dimensional conformal field theory coupled to induced gravity in the light-cone gauge. Focussing on the fermion four-point function, we display an unexpected non-perturbative singularity structure: coupling to gravity {\it qualitatively} changes the perturbative (x1x2)1(x3x4)1(x_1-x_2)^{-1}(x_3-x_4)^{-1} singularity into a logarithmic one plus a non-singular piece. We argue that this is related to the appearence of new logarithmic operators in the gravitationally dressed operator product expansions. We also show some evidence that non-conformal but integrable models may remain integrable when coupled to gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9407151,
  title  = {Gravitationally Dressed Conformal Field Theory and Emergence of Logarithmic Operators},
  author = {Adel Bilal and Ian I. Kogan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9407151},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, Princeton University preprint PUPT-1482