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The analytic bootstrap equations of non-diagonal two-dimensional CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-04 v2

Abstract

Under the assumption that degenerate fields exist, diagonal CFTs such as Liouville theory can be solved analytically using the conformal bootstrap method. Here we generalize this approach to non-diagonal CFTs, i.e. CFTs whose primary fields have nonzero conformal spins. Assuming generic values of the central charge, we find that the non-diagonal sector of the spectrum must be parametrized by two integer numbers. We then derive and solve the equations that determine how three- and four-point structure constants depend on these numbers. In order to test these results, we numerically check crossing symmetry of a class of four-point functions in a non-rational limit of D-series minimal models. The simplest four-point functions in this class were previously argued to describe connectivities of clusters in the critical Potts model.

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@article{arxiv.1711.08916,
  title  = {The analytic bootstrap equations of non-diagonal two-dimensional CFT},
  author = {Santiago Migliaccio and Sylvain Ribault},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08916},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

27 pages. Python code available at https://github.com/ribault/bootstrap-2d-Python V2: Some clarifications included. Added plot of spectrum

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