The analytic bootstrap equations of non-diagonal two-dimensional CFT
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.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- May 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP05(2018)169
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1711.08916
- Bibcode:
- 2018JHEP...05..169M
- Keywords:
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- Conformal Field Theory;
- Conformal and W Symmetry;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 27 pages. Python code available at https://github.com/ribault/bootstrap-2d-Python V2: Some clarifications included. Added plot of spectrum