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Logarithmic operators in $c=0$ bulk CFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-09 v2 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study Kac operators (e.g. energy operator) in percolation and self-avoiding walk bulk CFTs with central charge c=0c=0. The proper normalizations of these operators can be deduced at generic cc by requiring the finiteness and reality of the three-point constants in cluster and loop model CFTs. At c=0c=0, Kac operators become zero-norm states and the bottom fields of logarithmic multiplets, and comparison with c<1c<1 Liouville CFT suggests the potential existence of arbitrarily high rank Jordan blocks. We give a generic construction of logarithmic operators based on Kac operators and focus on the rank-2 pair of the energy operator mixing with the hull operator. By taking the c0c\to 0 limit, we compute some of their conformal data and use this to investigate the operator algebra at c=0c=0. Based on cluster decomposition, we find that, contrary to previous belief, the four-point correlation function of the bulk energy operator does not vanish at c=0c=0, and a crucial role is played by its coupling to the rank-3 Jordan block associated with the second energy operator. This reveals the intriguing way zero-norm operators build long-range higher-point correlations through the intricate logarithmic structures in c=0c=0 bulk CFTs.

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@article{arxiv.2411.18696,
  title  = {Logarithmic operators in $c=0$ bulk CFTs},
  author = {Yifei He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.18696},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

44 pages + appendices, 11 figures; v2, minor revisions

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