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Reparametrization mode Ward Identities and chaos in higher-pt. correlators in CFT$_2$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-01-16 v5

Abstract

Recently introduced reparametrization mode operators in CFTs have been shown to govern stress tensor interactions viavia the shadow operator formalism and seem to govern the effective dynamics of chaotic systems. We initiate a study of Ward identities of reparametrization mode operators i.e.i.e. how two dimensional CFT Ward identities govern the behaviour of insertions of reparametrization modes ϵ\epsilon in correlation functions: ϵϵϕϕ\langle\epsilon\epsilon\phi\phi\rangle. We find that in the semi-classical limit of large cc they dictate the leading O(c1)\mathcal{O}(c^{-1}) behaviour. While for the 44pt function this reproduces the same computation as done by Heahl, Reeves \& Rozali in \cite{Haehl:2019eae}, in the case of 6pt function of pair-wise equal operators this provides an alternative way of computing the Virasoro block in stress-tensor comb channel. We compute a maximally out of time ordered correlation function in a thermal background and find the expected behaviour of an exponential growth governed by Lyapunov index λL=2π/β\lambda_L=2\pi/\beta lasting for twice the scrambling time of the system t=β2πlogct^*=\frac{\beta}{2\pi}\log\,c for the maximally braided type of outout-ofof-timetime-orderingordering. However when only the internal operators of the comb channel are \emph{out-of-time-ordered}, the correlator sees no exponential behaviour despite the inclusion of the Virasoro contribution. From a bulk perspective for the \emph{out-of-time-ordered} 44pt function we find that the Casimir equation for the stress tensor block reproduces the linearised back reaction in the bulk.

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@article{arxiv.2103.00824,
  title  = {Reparametrization mode Ward Identities and chaos in higher-pt. correlators in CFT$_2$},
  author = {Arnab Kundu and Ayan K. Patra and Rohan R. Poojary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.00824},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

34 pages and 8 figures. Corrected the 6pt comb-channel answer