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$T \bar{T},J \bar T$, $T \bar{J}$ Partition Sums From String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-03-18 v2

Abstract

We calculate the torus partition sum of a general CFT2CFT_2 with left and right moving conserved currents JJ and Jˉ\bar J, perturbed by a combination of the irrelevant operators TTˉT\bar T, JTˉJ\bar T and TJˉT\bar J. We use string theory techniques to write it as an integral transform of the partition sum of the unperturbed CFT with chemical potentials for the left and right moving conserved charges. The resulting expression transforms in the right way under the modular group, and reproduces the known spectrum of these models. We also derive a formula for the partition function of deformed CFT2CFT_2 with non-vanishing chemical potential.

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@article{arxiv.1907.07221,
  title  = {$T \bar{T},J \bar T$, $T \bar{J}$ Partition Sums From String Theory},
  author = {Akikazu Hashimoto and David Kutasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.07221},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

21 pages. v2: Appendix B discussing deformed partition function with non-vanishing chemical potential added