Modular Constraints on Superconformal Field Theories
Abstract
We constrain the spectrum of and superconformal field theories in two-dimensions by requiring the NS-NS sector partition function to be invariant under the congruence subgroup of the full modular group . We employ semi-definite programming to find constraints on the allowed spectrum of operators with or without charges. Especially, the upper bounds on the twist gap for the non-current primaries exhibit interesting peaks, kinks, and plateau. We identify a number of candidate rational (S)CFTs realized at the numerical boundaries and find that they are realized as the solutions to modular differential equations associated to . Some of the candidate theories have been discussed by H\"ohn in the context of self-dual extremal vertex operator (super)algebra. We also obtain bounds for the charged operators and study their implications to the weak gravity conjecture in AdS.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1811.00976,
title = {Modular Constraints on Superconformal Field Theories},
author = {Jin-Beom Bae and Sungjay Lee and Jaewon Song},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.00976},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
50 pages, 16 figures