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Non-Abelian multiplicative chaos on the circle

Probability 2026-07-21 v1 Mathematical Physics Representation Theory

Abstract

In this note, we introduce a generalisation of multiplicative chaos measures which is both non-Gaussian and non-Abelian. The renormalisation procedure takes as inputs an irreducible unitary representation of a compact connected Lie group, together with a Kac-Moody unitarising measure at some level κ\kappa, and outputs a random measure on the circle with values in the space of positive definite Hermitian endomorphisms of the representation space. So far, our construction is valid for the range of κ\kappa-values corresponding to the L2L^2-phase. The proof follows the usual route in the theory of multiplicative chaos, relying on an exact formula for the one-point function and a bound on the two-point function at colliding points. These expressions are derived using the rich algebraic structure of the theory: namely, we establish a one-dimensional version of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations.

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@article{arxiv.2607.18824,
  title  = {Non-Abelian multiplicative chaos on the circle},
  author = {Guillaume Baverez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18824},
  year   = {2026}
}

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