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Light-ray moments as endpoint contributions to modular Hamiltonians

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-29 v2

Abstract

We consider excited states in a CFT, obtained by applying a weak unitary perturbation to the vacuum. The perturbation is generated by the integral of a local operator J(n)J^{(n)} of modular weight nn over a spacelike surface passing through x=0x = 0. For n2\vert n \vert \geq 2 the modular Hamiltonian associated with a division of space at x=0x = 0 picks up an endpoint contribution, sensitive to the details of the perturbation (including the shape of the spacelike surface) at x=0x = 0. The endpoint contribution is a sum of light-ray moments of the perturbing operator J(n)J^{(n)} and its descendants. For perturbations on null planes only moments of J(n)J^{(n)} itself contribute.

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@article{arxiv.2103.08636,
  title  = {Light-ray moments as endpoint contributions to modular Hamiltonians},
  author = {Daniel Kabat and Gilad Lifschytz and Phuc Nguyen and Debajyoti Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.08636},
  year   = {2021}
}

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LaTeX, 35 pages. v2: references added, version to appear in JHEP