Lax matrix solution of c=1 Conformal Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-16 v3 Mathematical Physics
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Abstract
To a correlation function in a two-dimensional conformal field theory with the central charge , we associate a matrix differential equation , where the Lax matrix is a matrix square root of the energy-momentum tensor. Then local conformal symmetry implies that the differential equation is isomonodromic. This provides a justification for the recently observed relation between four-point conformal blocks and solutions of the Painlev\'e VI equation. This also provides a direct way to compute the three-point function of Runkel-Watts theory -- the common limit of Minimal Models and Liouville theory.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1307.4865,
title = {Lax matrix solution of c=1 Conformal Field Theory},
author = {Bertrand Eynard and Sylvain Ribault},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.4865},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
20 pages, v3: Corrected sign mistakes in eqs. (4.35), (4.37), (4.42), (4.45) and (4.52). Conclusions unchanged