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Liouville Conformal Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-11-07 v3

Abstract

We consider a generalization of the two-dimensional Liouville conformal field theory to any number of even dimensions. The theories consist of a log-correlated scalar field with a background Q\mathcal{Q}-curvature charge and an exponential Liouville-type potential. The theories are non-unitary and conformally invariant. They localize semiclassically on solutions that describe manifolds with a constant negative Q\mathcal{Q}-curvature. We show that CTC_T is independent of the Q\mathcal{Q}-curvature charge and is the same as that of a higher derivative scalar theory. We calculate the A-type Euler conformal anomaly of these theories. We study the correlation functions, derive an integral expression for them and calculate the three-point functions of light primary operators. The result is a higher-dimensional generalization of the two-dimensional DOZZ formula for the three-point function of such operators.

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@article{arxiv.1804.02283,
  title  = {Liouville Conformal Field Theories in Higher Dimensions},
  author = {Tom Levy and Yaron Oz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02283},
  year   = {2018}
}

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