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Modular Constraints on Superconformal Field Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-20 v1

Abstract

We constrain the spectrum of N=(1,1)\mathcal{N}=(1, 1) and N=(2,2)\mathcal{N}=(2, 2) superconformal field theories in two-dimensions by requiring the NS-NS sector partition function to be invariant under the Γθ\Gamma_\theta congruence subgroup of the full modular group SL(2,Z)SL(2, \mathbb{Z}). We employ semi-definite programming to find constraints on the allowed spectrum of operators with or without U(1)U(1) 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 Γθ\Gamma_\theta. 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 AdS3_3.

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@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}
}

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50 pages, 16 figures

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