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We discuss two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) which are invariant under gauging a non-invertible global symmetry. At every point on the orbifold branch of $c=1$ CFTs, it is known that the theory is self-dual under gauging a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-04 Yichul Choi , Da-Chuan Lu , Zhengdi Sun

The connection problem for isomonodromic tau functions on the one-punctured torus concerns the ratio between the tau function and its modular transform, associated to dual pants decompositions of the torus. In this paper, we study the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Fabrizio Del Monte , Harini Desiraju , Pavlo Gavrylenko

Equilibrium finite temperature observables of a CFT can be described by a local effective action for background fields -- a "thermal effective action." This effective action determines the asymptotic density of states of a CFT as a detailed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-16 Nathan Benjamin , Jaeha Lee , Hirosi Ooguri , David Simmons-Duffin

We study CFTs at finite temperature and derive explicit sum rules for one-point functions of operators by imposing the KMS condition. In the case of a large gap between light and heavy operators, we explicitly compute one-point functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-29 Enrico Marchetto , Alessio Miscioscia , Elli Pomoni

We study asymptotics of three point coefficients (light-light-heavy) and two point correlators in heavy states in unitary, compact $2$D CFTs. We prove an upper and lower bound on such quantities using numerically assisted Tauberian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-19 Diptarka Das , Yuya Kusuki , Sridip Pal

We study the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) in chaotic conformal field theories (CFTs) of arbitrary dimensions. Assuming local ETH, we compute the reduced density matrix of a ball-shaped subsystem of finite size in the infinite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-14 Nima Lashkari , Anatoly Dymarsky , Hong Liu

We study a recently discovered property of many-body quantum chaotic systems called ETH-monotonicity in two-dimensional systems. Our new results further support ETH-monotonicity in these higher dimensional systems. We show that the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-30 Nilakash Sorokhaibam , Anjan Daimari

Generic rotationally invariant random matrix models satisfy a simple relation: the probability distribution of off-diagonal elements and the one of half the difference between any two diagonal elements coincide. In the spirit of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-01-15 Laura Foini , Jorge Kurchan

Modular covariance of torus one-point functions constrains the three point function coefficients of a two dimensional CFT. This leads to an asymptotic formula for the average value of light-heavy-heavy three point coefficients, generalizing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-28 Per Kraus , Alexander Maloney

There is increasing interest in the study of nonperturbative aspects of three-dimensional quantum field theories (QFT). They appear as holographic dual to theories of (strongly coupled) gravity. For instance, in Holographic Cosmology, the…

A systematic analysis of the genus two vacuum amplitudes of chiral self-dual conformal field theories is performed. It is explained that the existence of a modular invariant genus two partition function implies infinitely many relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-17 Matthias R. Gaberdiel , Christoph A. Keller , Roberto Volpato

In this paper we investigate fixed-point numbers of endomorphisms on complex tori. Specifically, motivated by the asymptotic perspective that has turned out in recent years to be so fruitful in Algebraic Geometry, we study how the number of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-26 Thomas Bauer , Thorsten Herrig

The eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) offers a universal mechanism for the approach to equilibrium of closed quantum many-body systems. So far, however, experimental studies have focused on the relaxation dynamics of observables as…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-12-15 Alexander Schuckert , Michael Knap

Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) are special classes of quantum field theories that find applications ranging from critical phenomena to theories of quantum gravity via holography. Understanding thermal effects in CFTs is crucial:…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-05 Alessio Miscioscia

The Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) represents a cornerstone in the theoretical understanding of the emergence of thermal behavior in closed quantum systems. The ETH asserts that expectation values of simple observables in energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-05-15 Giorgio Cipolloni , Jonah Kudler-Flam

The strong eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) provides a sufficient condition for thermalization and equilibration. Although it is expected to be hold in a wide class of highly chaotic theories, there are only a few analytic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-19 Taishi Kawamoto

We show that in critical loop models, torus 1-point functions can be expressed in terms of sphere 4-point functions at a different central charge. Unlike in the Moore--Seiberg formalism, crossing symmetry on the sphere therefore implies…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Paul Roux , Sylvain Ribault , Jesper Lykke Jacobsen

The requirements of conformal invariance for two and three point functions for general dimension $d$ on flat space are investigated. A compact group theoretic construction of the three point function for arbitrary spin fields is presented…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Osborn , A. Petkos

In this work, we study the duality symmetry group of Carrollian (nonlinear) electrodynamics and propose a family of Carrollian ModMax theories, which are invariant under Carrollian $\text{SO}(2)$ electromagnetic (EM) duality transformations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-06 Bin Chen , Jue Hou , Haowei Sun

We study the validity of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) and its role for the occurrence of initial-state independent (ISI) equilibration in closed quantum many-body systems. Using the concept of dynamical typicality, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Abdellah Khodja , Robin Steinigeweg , Jochen Gemmer