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Minimal Models RG flows: non-invertible symmetries & non-perturbative description

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-22 v3

Abstract

In this letter we continue the investigation of RG flows between minimal models that are protected by non-invertible symmetries. RG flows leaving unbroken a subcategory of non-invertible symmetries are associated with anomaly-matching conditions that we employ systematically to map the space of flows between Virasoro Minimal models beyond the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-symmetric proposed recently in the literature. We introduce a family of non-linear integral equations that appear to encode the exact finite-size, ground-state energies of these flows, including non-integrable cases, such as the recently proposed M(kq+I,q)M(kqI,q)\mathcal{M}(k q + I,q) \to \mathcal{M}(k q - I,q). Our family of NLIEs encompasses and generalises the integrable flows known in the literature: ϕ(1,3)\phi_{(1,3)}, ϕ(1,5)\phi_{(1,5)}, ϕ(1,2)\phi_{(1,2)} and ϕ(2,1)\phi_{(2,1)}. This work uncovers a new interplay between exact solvability and non-invertible symmetries. Furthermore, our non-perturbative description provides a non-trivial test for all the flows conjectured by anomaly matching conditions, but so far not-observed by other means.

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@article{arxiv.2501.07511,
  title  = {Minimal Models RG flows: non-invertible symmetries & non-perturbative description},
  author = {Federico Ambrosino and Stefano Negro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07511},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages + Supplemental materials; v3: Published version in PRL