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$T\bar{T}$-flow effects on torus partition functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-29 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the partition functions of conformal field theories (CFTs) with the TTˉT\bar{T} deformation on a torus in terms of the perturbative QFT approach. In Lagrangian path integral formalism, the first- and second-order deformations to the partition functions of 2D free bosons, free Dirac fermions, and free Majorana fermions on a torus are obtained. The corresponding Lagrangian counterterms in these theories are also discussed. The first two orders of the deformed partition functions and the first-order vacuum expectation value (VEV) of the first quantum KdV charge obtained by the perturbative QFT approach are consistent with results obtained by the Hamiltonian formalism in literature.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2011.02902,
  title  = {$T\bar{T}$-flow effects on torus partition functions},
  author = {Song He and Yuan Sun and Yu-Xuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02902},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

40 pages, 1 figure; v4: Match the published version in JHEP

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