scholarly journals Minimal lectures on two-dimensional conformal field theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Ribault
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Invariance ◽  
Existence And Uniqueness ◽  
Riemann Sphere ◽  
Liouville Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Ward Identities ◽  
Conformal Field

We provide a brief but self-contained review of conformal field theory on the Riemann sphere. We first introduce general axioms such as local conformal invariance, and derive Ward identities and BPZ equations. We then define minimal models and Liouville theory by specific axioms on their spectrums and degenerate fields. We solve these theories by computing three- and four-point functions, and discuss their existence and uniqueness.

scholarly journals CONFORMAL INVARIANCE ON ORBIFOLDS AND EXCITATIONS OF SINGULARITY

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (26) ◽  
pp. 2089-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENG YIN
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Conformal Invariance ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Boundary States ◽  
Physical Effects

We study conformal field theory on two-dimensional orbifolds and show this to be an effective way to analyze physical effects of geometric singularities with angular deficits. They are closely related to boundaries and cross caps. Representative classes of singularities can be described exactly using generalizations of boundary states. From this we compute correlation functions and derive the spectra of excitations localized at the singularities.

scholarly journals Parafermionization, bosonization, and critical parafermionic theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Akira Furusaki
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Lattice Models ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Fermionic Model ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Critical Theories ◽  
Wigner Transformation

AbstractWe formulate a ℤk-parafermionization/bosonization scheme for one-dimensional lattice models and field theories on a torus, starting from a generalized Jordan-Wigner transformation on a lattice, which extends the Majorana-Ising duality atk= 2. The ℤk-parafermionization enables us to investigate the critical theories of parafermionic chains whose fundamental degrees of freedom are parafermionic, and we find that their criticality cannot be described by any existing conformal field theory. The modular transformations of these parafermionic low-energy critical theories as general consistency conditions are found to be unconventional in that their partition functions on a torus transform differently from any conformal field theory whenk >2. Explicit forms of partition functions are obtained by the developed parafermionization for a large class of critical ℤk-parafermionic chains, whose operator contents are intrinsically distinct from any bosonic or fermionic model in terms of conformal spins and statistics. We also use the parafermionization to exhaust all the ℤk-parafermionic minimal models, complementing earlier works on fermionic cases.

scholarly journals Symmetry-resolved entanglement in AdS3/CFT2 coupled to U(1) Chern-Simons theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suting Zhao ◽  
Christian Northe ◽  
René Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Gauge Field ◽  
Wilson Line ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

Abstract We consider symmetry-resolved entanglement entropy in AdS3/CFT2 coupled to U(1) Chern-Simons theory. We identify the holographic dual of the charged moments in the two-dimensional conformal field theory as a charged Wilson line in the bulk of AdS3, namely the Ryu-Takayanagi geodesic minimally coupled to the U(1) Chern-Simons gauge field. We identify the holonomy around the Wilson line as the Aharonov-Bohm phases which, in the two-dimensional field theory, are generated by charged U(1) vertex operators inserted at the endpoints of the entangling interval. Furthermore, we devise a new method to calculate the symmetry resolved entanglement entropy by relating the generating function for the charged moments to the amount of charge in the entangling subregion. We calculate the subregion charge from the U(1) Chern-Simons gauge field sourced by the bulk Wilson line. We use our method to derive the symmetry-resolved entanglement entropy for Poincaré patch and global AdS3, as well as for the conical defect geometries. In all three cases, the symmetry resolved entanglement entropy is determined by the length of the Ryu-Takayanagi geodesic and the Chern-Simons level k, and fulfills equipartition of entanglement. The asymptotic symmetry algebra of the bulk theory is of $$ \hat{\mathfrak{u}}{(1)}_k $$ u ̂ 1 k Kac-Moody type. Employing the $$ \hat{\mathfrak{u}}{(1)}_k $$ u ̂ 1 k Kac-Moody symmetry, we confirm our holographic results by a calculation in the dual conformal field theory.

POISSON–LIE GROUPS AND CLASSICAL W-ALGEBRAS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
pp. 853-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. FATEEV ◽  
S. L. LUKYANOV
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Group ◽  
Lie Groups ◽  
Group Structure ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Poisson Structures ◽  
Additional Symmetries ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Poisson Lie Groups

This is the first part of a paper studying the quantum group structure of two-dimensional conformal field theory with additional symmetries. We discuss the properties of the Poisson structures possessing classical W-invariance. The Darboux variables for these Poisson structures are constructed.

scholarly journals ON THE CFT DUALS FOR NEAR-EXTREMAL BLACK HOLES

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (22) ◽  
pp. 1601-1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
JØRGEN RASMUSSEN
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Horizon Geometry ◽  
Cardy Formula ◽  
Asymptotic Symmetries ◽  
Extremal Black Holes

We consider Kerr–Newman–AdS–dS black holes near extremality and work out the near-horizon geometry of these near-extremal black holes. We identify the exact U (1)L× U (1)R isometries of the near-horizon geometry and provide boundary conditions enhancing them to a pair of commuting Virasoro algebras. The conserved charges of the corresponding asymptotic symmetries are found to be well-defined and nonvanishing and to yield central charges cL≠0 and cR = 0. The Cardy formula subsequently reproduces the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy of the black hole. This suggests that the near-extremal Kerr–Newman–AdS–dS black hole is holographically dual to a non-chiral two-dimensional conformal field theory.

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