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Liouville Conformal Field Theory on even-dimensional spheres

Probability 2024-06-19 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Initiated by Polyakov in his 1981 seminal work, the study of two-dimensional Liouville Conformal Field Theory has drawn considerable attention over the past decades. Recent progress in the understanding of conformal geometry in dimension higher than two have naturally led to a generalization of Polyakov formalism to higher dimensions, based on conformally invariant operators: Graham-Jenne-Mason-Sparling operators and the Q\mathcal{Q}-curvature. This document is dedicated to providing a rigorous construction of Liouville Conformal Field Theory on even-dimensional spheres. This is done at the classical level in terms of a generalized \textit{Uniformization} problem, and at the quantum level thanks to a probabilistic construction based on log-correlated fields and Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos. The properties of the objects thus defined are in agreement with the ones expected in the physics literature.

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@article{arxiv.1912.09219,
  title  = {Liouville Conformal Field Theory on even-dimensional spheres},
  author = {Baptiste Cerclé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.09219},
  year   = {2024}
}

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32 pages. Minor corrections, presentation improved