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Spacetime Duality Beyond Conformality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-06 v1

Abstract

We extend the spacetime duality programme of Burgess \textit{et.al.} to massive theories in 1+1 dimensions. For the massive scalar, a heat-kernel computation tracking three contributions to the conformal-mode effective action reveals that the naive leading correction m2(eϕ1)\sim m^2(e^{\phi} -1) to the Liouville action cancels exactly, with the genuine leading deformation being m216π(eϕ1)2-\frac{m^2}{16\pi}(e^{\phi}-1)^{2}. This breaks self-duality and renders the dual theory for the Lagrange multiplier field Λ\Lambda non-local. For the massive Dirac fermion, two independent derivations establish that the fermion mass dresses under conformal scaling as mmeϕ/2m \to m\, e^{\phi/2}, reflecting the Weyl weight 12\frac{1}{2} of the two-dimensional spinor. Via the Coleman-Mandelstam bosonisation, this transfers to the mass bilinear as μcos(βϑ)μeϕ/2cos(βϑ)\mu\cos(\beta\vartheta) \to \mu e^{\phi/2}\cos(\beta\vartheta), producing a coupled Liouville-sine-Gordon system as the natural starting point for the fermionic construction. Both results are interpreted in terms of the determinant line bundle over Met(Σ\Sigma)/Diff(Σ\Sigma).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.05515,
  title  = {Spacetime Duality Beyond Conformality},
  author = {Jeff Murugan and Horatiu Nastase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.05515},
  year   = {2026}
}

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