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On the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels at any irrational central charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-12-03 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We propose a series representation for the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels at any irrational central charge. Two distinct, yet closely related formulas are needed for the cases cC\(,1]c\in \mathbb C \backslash (-\infty,1] and c<1c <1. Our proposal for c<1c <1 agrees numerically with the fusion transformation of the four-point spherical conformal blocks, whereas our proposal for cC\(,1]c\in \mathbb C \backslash (-\infty,1] agrees numerically with Ponsot and Teschner's integral formula for the fusion kernel. The case of the modular kernel is studied as a special case of the fusion kernel.

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@article{arxiv.2405.09325,
  title  = {On the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels at any irrational central charge},
  author = {Julien Roussillon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.09325},
  year   = {2024}
}

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