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We construct families of TQFT's over the finite field Z/pZ starting from an integral TQFT obtained by Frohman and Nicas. These TQFT's are likely to describe the constant order contributions of the cyclotomic integer expansions of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Thomas Kerler

We prove the equivalence of a class of generalised Schur partition functions $\mathcal Z_G(q;\alpha)$ of 4d $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal gauge theories to contour integral representations of vector-valued modular forms of the type that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-14 A. Ramesh Chandra , Sunil Mukhi , Palash Singh

We construct modular linear differential equations (MLDEs) w.r.t. subgroups of the modular group whose solutions are Virasoro conformal blocks appearing in the expansion of a crossing symmetric 4-point correlator on the sphere. This uses a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Ratul Mahanta , Tanmoy Sengupta

We show that the conformal characters of various rational models of W-algebras can be already uniquely determined if one merely knows the central charge and the conformal dimensions. As a side result we develop several tools for studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Wolfgang Eholzer , Nils-Peter Skoruppa

Following the initial proposal in 1988, there has been much progress in classifying Rational Conformal Field Theories in 2 dimensions from the Holomorphic Bootstrap approach. This method starts by postulating a generic holomorphic Modular…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-09 Sunil Mukhi

Umbral moonshine connects the symmetry groups of the 23 Niemeier lattices with 23 sets of distinguished mock modular forms. The 23 cases of umbral moonshine have a uniform relation to symmetries of $K3$ string theories. Moreover, a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-08 Vassilis Anagiannis , Miranda C. N. Cheng , Sarah M. Harrison

We study a homogeneous system of $d+8$ linear partial differential equations (PDEs) in $d$ variables arising from two-dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) with a $W_3$-symmetry algebra. In the CFT context, $d$ PDEs are third-order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Augustin Lafay , Ian Le , Julien Roussillon

In this first of four articles, we study a homogeneous system of $2N+3$ linear partial differential equations (PDEs) in $2N$ variables that arises in conformal field theory (CFT) and multiple Schramm-Lowner evolution (SLE). In CFT, these…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-02-06 Steven M. Flores , Peter Kleban

Every 4d $\mathcal{N} = 2$ SCFT $\mathcal{T}$ corresponds to an associated VOA $\mathbb{V}(\mathcal{T})$, which is in general non-rational with a more involved representation theory. Null states in $\mathbb{V}(\mathcal{T})$ can give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-07 Haocong Zheng , Yiwen Pan , Yufan Wang

Conformal field theory (CFT) plays a key role in modern theoretical physics. Through CFT we describe real physical systems at criticality and fixed points of the renormalization group flow. It is also central in the study of quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-19 Giulia Peveri

It was established before that fusion rings in a rational conformal field theory (RCFT) can be described as rings of polynomials, with integer coefficients, modulo some relations. We use the Galois group of these relations to obtain a local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Doron Gepner

Modular invariance imposes rigid constrains on the partition functions of two-dimensional conformal field theories. Many fundamental results follow strictly from modular invariance, giving rise to the numerical modular bootstrap program.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-06 Anatoly Dymarsky , Alfred Shapere

We classify the irreducible modules of a rational Lorentzian lattice vertex operator algebra (LLVOA) based on an even, self-dual Lorentzian lattice $\Lambda\subset\mathbb{R}^{m,n}$ of signature $(m,n)$. We show that the set of isomorphism…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-30 Ranveer Kumar Singh , Madhav Sinha , Runkai Tao

We investigate multi-field multicritical scalar theories using CFT constraints on two- and three-point functions combined with the Schwinger-Dyson equation. This is done in general and without assuming any symmetry for the models, which we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Alessandro Codello , Mahmoud Safari , Gian Paolo Vacca , Omar Zanusso

The fixed point resolution problem is solved for diagonal coset theories. The primary fields into which the fixed points are resolved are described by submodules of the branching spaces, obtained as eigenspaces of the automorphisms that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 J"urgen Fuchs , Bert Schellekens , Christoph Schweigert

Recently established rationality of correlation functions in a globally conformal invariant quantum field theory satisfying Wightman axioms is used to construct a family of soluble models in 4-dimensional Minkowski space-time. We consider…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nikolay M. Nikolov , Yassen S. Stanev , Ivan T. Todorov

Some mathematical questions relating to Coset Conformal Field Theories (CFT) are considered in the framework of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory as developed previously by us. We consider the issue of fixed point resolution in the diagonal…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Feng Xu

Following the paradigm on the sphere, we begin the study of irrational conformal field theory (ICFT) on the torus. In particular, we find that the affine-Virasoro characters of ICFT satisfy heat-like differential equations with flat…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 M. B. Halpern , N. Sochen

A general procedure is presented to determine, given any suitable representation of the modular group, the characters of all possible Rational Conformal Field Theories whose associated modular representation is the given one. The relevant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Bantay , T. Gannon

We introduce the notion of (nondegenerate) strongly-modular fusion algebras. Here strongly-modular means that the fusion algebra is induced via Verlinde's formula by a representation of the modular group whose kernel contains a congruence…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Wolfgang Eholzer