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.

scholarly journals Defects and perturbation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico M. Brehm
Keyword(s):  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Topological Defects ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Conformal Field

Abstract We investigate perturbatively tractable deformations of topological defects in two-dimensional conformal field theories. We perturbatively compute the change in the g-factor, the reflectivity, and the entanglement entropy of the conformal defect at the end of these short RG flows. We also give instances of such flows in the diagonal Virasoro and Super-Virasoro Minimal Models.

THE ANNIHILATING IDEALS OF MINIMAL MODELS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (supp01a) ◽  
pp. 217-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
BORIS L. FEIGIN ◽  
TOMOKI NAKANISHI ◽  
HIROSI OOGURI
Keyword(s):  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Finite Models ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Intimate Relation ◽  
Chiral Algebras

We describe several aspects of the annihilating ideals and reduced chiral algebras of conformal field theories, especially, minimal models of Wn algebras. The structure of the annihilating ideal and a vanishing condition is given. Using the annihilating ideal, the structure of quasi-finite models of the Virasoro (2,q) minimal models are studied, and their intimate relation to the Gordon identities are discussed. We also show the examples in which the reduced algebras of Wn and Wℓ algebras at the same central charge are isomorphic to each other.

scholarly journals Analysis for Lorentzian conformal field theories through sine-square deformation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Liu ◽  
Tsukasa Tada
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Continuous Spectrum ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Virasoro Algebra ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
The Third

Abstract We reexamine two-dimensional Lorentzian conformal field theory using the formalism previously developed in a study of sine-square deformation of Euclidean conformal field theory. We construct three types of Virasoro algebra. One of them reproduces the result by Lüscher and Mack, while another type exhibits divergence in the central charge term. The third leads to a continuous spectrum and contains no closed time-like curve in the system.

PERTURBING INDUCED QUANTUM SUPERGRAVITY IN 1 + 1 DIMENSIONS

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (11) ◽  
pp. 2087-2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
WAFIC A. SABRA ◽  
STEVEN THOMAS
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Scale Invariance ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Breaking Scale

Starting from the formulation of induced (1, 0) supergravity in 1 + 1 dimensions we consider the effects of perturbing the theory with relevant operators that preserve rotational, translational and supersymmetry whilst breaking scale invariance. In particular we calculate the correlation functions <Ja(x)Jb(y)> of graded SL (2R) currents Ja(x) in the presence of such perturbations from which we define central charge functions K. These functions are shown to be monotonic and are the analogue of Zamolodchikovs C-function as defined in usual conformal field theories.

NONARCHIMEDEAN CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES

1989 ◽  
Vol 04 (18) ◽  
pp. 4877-4908 ◽  
Author(s):  
EZER MELZER
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Conformal Symmetry ◽  
Conformal Group ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Dimensional Euclidean Space ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Linear Transformations ◽  
Associative Algebras ◽  
Conformal Field

We present a general formalism for conformal field theories defined on a non-Archimedean field. Such theories are defined by complex-valued correlation functions of fields of a [Formula: see text]-adic variable. Conformal invariance is imposed by requiring the correlation functions to be unchanged under fractional linear transformations, the latter forming the full analogue of the conformal group in two-dimensional, euclidean space-time. All fields in the theory can be taken to be "primary", under the "non-Archimedean conformal group". The conformal symmetry fixes completely the form of all correlation functions, once we are given the weight-spectrum of the theory and the OPE coefficients (which must be the structure constants of certain commutative, associative algebras). We explicitly construct non-Archimedean CFT's having the same weight spectrum as that of Archimedean models of central charge c < 1. The OPE coefficients of these "local" Archimedean and non-Archimedean models are related by adelic formulae.

CRITICAL MODELS COUPLED TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY IN THE CONTINUUM

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (14) ◽  
pp. 1261-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUNHAI CAI ◽  
GEORGE SIOPSIS
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Minimal Model ◽  
Fock Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
The Continuum

We discuss minimal conformal field theories M(p,q) coupled to 2-dimensional gravity in the continuum. We find a transformation that enables us to relate all models with p=2 to each other. We identify the Fock space in each model and calculate correlation functions. We thus show that the k-th multi-critical matrix model corresponds to the non-unitary minimal model with q=2k−1.

scholarly journals DILOGARITHM IDENTITIES, FUSION RULES AND STRUCTURE CONSTANTS OF CFTs

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 133-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL TERHOEVEN
Keyword(s):  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Fusion Rules ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Physics Literature ◽  
Structure Constants ◽  
Quantum Dimensions ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Modular Covariance

Recently dilogarithm identities have made their appearance in the physics literature. These identities seem to allow to calculate structure constants like, in particular, the effective central charge of certain conformal field theories from their fusion rules. In Ref. 12 a proof of identities of this type was given by considering the asymptotics of character functions in the so-called Rogers-Ramanujan sum form and comparing with the asymptotics predicted by modular covariance. Refining the argument, we obtain the general connection of quantum dimensions of certain conformal field theories to the arguments of the dilogarithm function in the identities in question and an infinite set of consistency conditions on the parameters of Rogers-Ramanujan type partitions for them to be modular covariant.

scholarly journals Classifying three-character RCFTs with Wronskian index equalling 0 or 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpit Das ◽  
Chethan N. Gowdigere ◽  
Jagannath Santara
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Coefficients ◽  
Diophantine Equations ◽  
Operator Algebras ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
First Finding ◽  
Linear Differential

Abstract In the modular linear differential equation (MLDE) approach to classifying rational conformal field theories (RCFTs) both the MLDE and the RCFT are identified by a pair of non-negative integers [n,l]. n is the number of characters of the RCFT as well as the order of the MLDE that the characters solve and l, the Wronskian index, is associated to the structure of the zeroes of the Wronskian of the characters. In this paper, we study [3,0] and [3,2] MLDEs in order to classify the corresponding CFTs. We reduce the problem to a “finite” problem: to classify CFTs with central charge 0 < c ≤ 96, we need to perform 6, 720 computations for the former and 20, 160 for the latter. Each computation involves (i) first finding a simultaneous solution to a pair of Diophantine equations and (ii) computing Fourier coefficients to a high order and checking for positivity.In the [3,0] case, for 0 < c ≤ 96, we obtain many character-like solutions: two infinite classes and a discrete set of 303. After accounting for various categories of known solutions, including Virasoro minimal models, WZW CFTs, Franc-Mason vertex operator algebras and Gaberdiel-Hampapura-Mukhi novel coset CFTs, we seem to have seven hitherto unknown character-like solutions which could potentially give new CFTs. We also classify [3,2] CFTs for 0 < c ≤ 96: each CFT in this case is obtained by adjoining a constant character to a [2,0] CFT, whose classification was achieved by Mathur-Mukhi-Sen three decades ago.

scholarly journals ON MODULAR INVARIANT PARTITION FUNCTIONS OF CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES WITH LOGARITHMIC OPERATORS

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 4147-4172 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A.I. FLOHR
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Central Charge ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Modular Invariant ◽  
Conformal Field

We extend the definitions of characters and partition functions to the case of conformal field theories which contain operators with logarithmic correlation functions. As an example we consider the theories with central charge c=cp,1=13−6(p+p−1), the “border” of the discrete minimal series. We show that there is a slightly generalized form of the property of rationality for such logarithmic theories. In particular, we obtain a classification of theories with c=cp,1 which is similar to the A-D-E classification of c=1 models.

THREE-POINT CORRELATION FUNCTIONS OF THE MINIMAL CONFORMAL THEORIES COUPLED TO 2D GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (39) ◽  
pp. 3601-3612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vl. S. DOTSENKO
Keyword(s):  
Operator Algebra ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
2D Gravity ◽  
Coulomb Gas ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Algebra Structure ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Structure Constants

The general three-point correlation functions of the minimal conformal field theories coupled to gravity are calculated using the specific Coulomb gas type quantization technique. The gravity interaction modifies in an essential way the operator algebra of the corresponding minimal model, in particular in canceling the decoupling of a finite number of primary fields, in case of rational theories. This is suggested to be related to the appearance of new physical states, under the BRST analysis of Lian and Zuckerman. Within the analytic technique, this effect is due to the corresponding singularities of the gravity sector operator algebra structure constants.

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