scholarly journals LIOUVILLE THEORY: WARD IDENTITIES FOR GENERATING FUNCTIONAL AND MODULAR GEOMETRY

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (25) ◽  
pp. 2293-2299 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEON A. TAKHTAJAN
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Energy Tensor ◽  
Ward Identities ◽  
Generating Functional ◽  
Local Index

We continue the study of quantum Liouville theory through Polyakov’s functional integral,1,2 started in Ref. 3. We derive the perturbation expansion for Schwinger’s generating functional for connected multi-point correlation functions involving stress-energy tensor, give the “dynamical” proof of the Virasoro symmetry of the theory and compute the value of the central charge, confirming previous calculation in Ref. 3. We show that conformal Ward identities for these correlation functions contain such basic facts from Kähler geometry of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces, as relation between accessory parameters for the Fuchsian uniformization, Liouville action and Eichler integrals, Kähler potential for the Weil-Petersson metric, and local index theorem. These results affirm the fundamental role that universal Ward identities for the generating functional play in Friedan-Shenker modular geometry.4

scholarly journals LIOUVILLE THEORY: QUANTUM GEOMETRY OF RIEMANN SURFACES

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (37) ◽  
pp. 3529-3535 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEON A. TAKHTAJAN
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Quantum Correction ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
Functional Integral ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Conformal Anomaly ◽  
Quantum Geometry ◽  
Loop Contribution ◽  
Classical Expression

Inspired by Polyakov’s original formulation1,2 of quantum Liouville theory through functional integral, we analyze perturbation expansion around a classical solution. We show the validity of conformal Ward identities for puncture operators and prove that their conformal dimension is given by the classical expression. We also prove that the total quantum correction to the central charge of Liouville theory is given by one-loop contribution, which is equal to 1. Applied to the bosonic string, this result ensures the vanishing of total conformal anomaly along the lines different from those presented by KPZ3 and Distler-Kawai.4

scholarly journals THE STOYANOVSKY–RIBAULT–TESCHNER MAP AND STRING SCATTERING AMPLITUDES

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (19n20) ◽  
pp. 4003-4034 ◽  
Author(s):  
GASTON GIRIBET ◽  
YU NAKAYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Closed String ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Type Reduction ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Liouville Field Theory

Recently, Ribault and Teschner pointed out the existence of a one-to-one correspondence between N-point correlation functions for the SL (2,ℂ)k/ SU (2) WZNW model on the sphere and certain set of 2N-2-point correlation functions in Liouville field theory. This result is based on a seminal work by Stoyanovsky. Here, we discuss the implications of this correspondence focusing on its application to string theory on curved backgrounds. For instance, we analyze how the divergences corresponding to worldsheet instantons in AdS3 can be understood as arising from the insertion of the dual screening operator in the Liouville theory side. We also study the pole structure of N-point functions in the 2D Euclidean black hole and its holographic meaning in terms of the Little String Theory. This enables us to interpret the correspondence between CFT's as encoding a LSZ-type reduction procedure. Furthermore, we discuss the scattering amplitudes violating the winding number conservation in those backgrounds and provide a formula connecting such amplitudes with observables in Liouville field theory. Finally, we study the WZNW correlation functions in the limit k → 0 and show that, at the point k = 0, the Stoyanovsky–Ribault–Teschner dictionary turns out to be in agreement with the FZZ conjecture at a particular point of the space of parameters where the Liouville central charge becomes cL = -2. This result makes contact with recent studies on the dynamical tachyon condensation in closed string theory.

EFFECTIVE ACTION FOR QUANTUM GRAVITY IN TWO DIMENSIONS

1989 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. YOSHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Energy Tensor ◽  
Moody Algebra ◽  
Generating Functional ◽  
Induced Gravity ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Stress Energy

The generating functional of the correlation functions of the stress energy tensor in conformal field theory is derived and shown to be equal to the effective action for 2-dimensional induced gravity in the light cone gauge recently given by Polyakov. Seeking the condition for consistent quantization for such an action, one arrives at a chiral SU (2) × SU (2) current algebra. The corresponding Kac-Moody algebra has the central charge given by k = (C − 26)/6.

scholarly journals Geometrical four-point functions in the two-dimensional critical Q-state Potts model: the interchiral conformal bootstrap

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifei He ◽  
Jesper Lykke Jacobsen ◽  
Hubert Saleur
Keyword(s):  
Potts Model ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Analytical Determination ◽  
Conformal Weight ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Blocks ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
Point Correlation

Abstract Based on the spectrum identified in our earlier work [1], we numerically solve the bootstrap to determine four-point correlation functions of the geometrical connectivities in the Q-state Potts model. Crucial in our approach is the existence of “interchiral conformal blocks”, which arise from the degeneracy of fields with conformal weight hr,1, with r ∈ ℕ*, and are related to the underlying presence of the “interchiral algebra” introduced in [2]. We also find evidence for the existence of “renormalized” recursions, replacing those that follow from the degeneracy of the field $$ {\Phi}_{12}^D $$ Φ 12 D in Liouville theory, and obtain the first few such recursions in closed form. This hints at the possibility of the full analytical determination of correlation functions in this model.

scholarly journals On 2d CFTs that interpolate between minimal models

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Ribault
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Conformal Blocks ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Exactly Solvable ◽  
Structure Constants

We investigate exactly solvable two-dimensional conformal field theories that exist at generic values of the central charge, and that interpolate between A-series or D-series minimal models. When the central charge becomes rational, correlation functions of these CFTs may tend to correlation functions of minimal models, or diverge, or have finite limits which can be logarithmic. These results are based on analytic relations between four-point structure constants and residues of conformal blocks.

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