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Universal Dynamics in Non-Orientable CFT$_2$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-11-19 v1

Abstract

Two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) defined on non-orientable Riemann surfaces obey consistency Cardy conditions analogous to those in the orientable case. We revisit those conditions for irrational theories with central charge c>1c>1 in the context of two-point functions of primaries on the Real Projective plane RP2\mathbb{RP}^2 and the partition function on the Klein bottle K2\mathbb{K}^2. Using the irrational versions of the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels we derive universal expressions for the non-orientable CFT data at large conformal dimension, assuming a gap in the spectrum of scalar primaries. In particular, we derive asymptotic formulas at finite central charge for the averaged Light-Light-Heavy product CLLH×ΓHC_{LLH}\times\Gamma_{H} of OPE coefficients with the RP2\mathbb{RP}^2 one-point function normalizations, as well as for the parity-weighted density of heavy scalar primaries (or equivalently the density of heavy ΓH2\Gamma_H^2). We discuss the gravitational interpretation of the results.

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@article{arxiv.2011.09250,
  title  = {Universal Dynamics in Non-Orientable CFT$_2$},
  author = {Ioannis Tsiares},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.09250},
  year   = {2020}
}

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27 pages, 2 figures

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