scholarly journals Character formulas and partition functions in higher dimensional conformal field theory

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 062303 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Character Formulas

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 AdS3 GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS FROM CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (28) ◽  
pp. 1961-1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUHEI MANO
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Btz Black Hole ◽  
Gravitational Instantons ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Horizon Geometry

A conformal field theory on the boundary of three-dimensional asymptotic anti-de Sitter spaces which appear as near horizon geometry of D-brane bound states is discussed. It is shown that partition functions of gravitational instantons appear as high and low temperature limits of the partition function of the conformal field theory. The result reproduces phase transition between the anti-de Sitter space and the BTZ black hole in the bulk gravity.

scholarly journals BITS AND PIECES IN LOGARITHMIC CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (25) ◽  
pp. 4497-4591 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL A. I. FLOHR
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Hall ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Fractional Quantum Hall ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Verlinde Formula

These are notes of my lectures held at the first School & Workshop on Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory and its Applications, September 2001 in Tehran, Iran. These notes cover only selected parts of the by now quite extensive knowledge on logarithmic conformal field theories. In particular, I discuss the proper generalization of null vectors towards the logarithmic case, and how these can be used to compute correlation functions. My other main topic is modular invariance, where I discuss the problem of the generalization of characters in the case of indecomposable representations, a proposal for a Verlinde formula for fusion rules and identities relating the partition functions of logarithmic conformal field theories to such of well known ordinary conformal field theories. The two main topics are complemented by some remarks on ghost systems, the Haldane-Rezayi fractional quantum Hall state, and the relation of these two to the logarithmic c=-2 theory.

The search for higher symmetry in string theory

1989 ◽  
Vol 329 (1605) ◽  
pp. 349-357 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Higher Symmetry ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Soluble Model ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Gravity

Some remarks are made about the nature and role of the search for higher symmetry in string theory. These symmetries are most likely to be uncovered in a mysterious ‘unbroken phase’, for which (2+ 1)-dimensional gravity provides an interesting and soluble model. New insights about conformal field theory, in which one gets ‘out of flatland’ to see a wider symmetry from a higher-dimensional vantage point, may offer clues to the unbroken phase of string theory

AN EXPLICIT COMPUTATION FOR THE BOSE-FERMI EQUIVALENCE ON RIEMANN SURFACES OF GENUS g

1989 ◽  
Vol 04 (17) ◽  
pp. 4437-4447
Author(s):  
NOUREDDINE CHAIR
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Quadratic Form ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Explicit Computation ◽  
Dimensional Torus ◽  
Conformal Field

The instanton sum in the partition function for D bosons on a Riemann surface of genus g, with values in a general D-dimensional torus, TD = RD/ΛD is given explicitly. When the rational metric Q of the lattice, ΛD, is the identity we get the bosonization formula of Alvarez-Gaumé et al. for SO( 2D ). If Q is orthogonal, in the bosonization formula, we get the theta function associated with the quadratic form Q, if Q is generic we get rational Conformal Field Theory. Also we look for conditions on a twisted spin bundle LE, which may ensure that our partition functions arise from some generalized bosonization formulas.

scholarly journals KERR–BOLT SPACETIMES AND KERR/CFT CORRESPONDENCE

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (08) ◽  
pp. 1250046 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. GHEZELBASH
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Virasoro Algebra ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Black Hole ◽  
Horizon Geometry ◽  
Cardy Formula

We study the extremal rotating spacetimes with a NUT twist in the context of recently proposed Kerr/CFT correspondence. The Kerr/CFT correspondence states that the near-horizon states of an extremal four (or higher) dimensional black hole could be identified with a certain chiral conformal field theory. The corresponding Virasoro algebra is generated with a class of diffeomorphism which preserves an appropriate boundary condition on the near-horizon geometry. We combine the calculated central charges with the expected form of the temperature, using the Cardy formula to obtain the microscopically entropy of the extremal rotating spacetimes with a NUT twist. All results are in agreement with the macroscopic entropy of the extremal spacetimes.

scholarly journals On the Real Part of a Conformal Field Theory

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Doron Gepner ◽  
Hervé Partouche
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Coulomb Gas ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Minimal Models ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Exceptional Holonomy ◽  
General Method

Every conformal field theory has the symmetry of taking each field to its adjoint. We consider here the quotient (orbifold) conformal field theory obtained by twisting with respect to this symmetry. A general method for computing such quotients is developed using the Coulomb gas representation. Examples of parafermions, S U ( 2 ) current algebra and the N = 2 minimal models are described explicitly. The partition functions and the dimensions of the disordered fields are given. This result is a tool for finding new theories. For instance, it is of importance in analyzing the conformal field theories of exceptional holonomy manifolds.

scholarly journals Looking at shadows of entanglement wedges

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuya Kusuki ◽  
Yuki Suzuki ◽  
Tadashi Takayanagi ◽  
Koji Umemoto
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Large N ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Round Ball ◽  
Wedge Structure ◽  
Free Scalar ◽  
Reduced Density

Abstract We present a new method of deriving shapes of entanglement wedges directly from conformal field theory (CFT) calculations. We point out that a reduced density matrix in holographic CFTs possesses a sharp wedge structure such that inside the wedge we can distinguish two local excitations, while outside we cannot. We can determine this wedge, which we call a CFT wedge, by computing a distinguishability measure. We find that CFT wedges defined by the fidelity or Bures distance as a distinguishability measure coincide perfectly with shadows of entanglement wedges in anti-de Sitter (AdS)/CFT. We confirm this agreement between CFT wedges and entanglement wedges for two-dimensional holographic CFTs where the subsystem is chosen to be an interval or double intervals, as well as higher-dimensional CFTs with a round ball subsystem. On the other hand, if we consider a free scalar CFT, we find that there are no sharp CFT wedges. This shows that sharp entanglement wedges emerge only for holographic CFTs owing to the large-$N$ factorization. We also generalize our analysis to a time-dependent example and to a holographic boundary conformal field theory (AdS/BCFT). Finally, we study other distinguishability measures to define CFT wedges. We observe that some of the measures lead to CFT wedges which slightly deviate from the entanglement wedges in AdS/CFT, and we give a heuristic explanation for this. This paper is an extended version of our earlier letter (arXiv:1908.09939 [hep-th]) and includes various new observations and examples.

scholarly journals Rational conformal field theory with matrix level and strings on a torus

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Nassar ◽  
Mark A. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Complex Multiplication ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Modular Invariant ◽  
Fractional Quantum Hall ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
The Matrix

Study of the matrix-level affine algebra Um,K is motivated by conformal field theory and the fractional quantum Hall effect. Gannon completed the classification of Um,K modular-invariant partition functions. Here we connect the algebra U2,K to strings on 2-tori describable by rational conformal field theories. As Gukov and Vafa proved, rationality selects the complex-multiplication tori. We point out that the rational conformal field theories describing strings on complex-multiplication tori have characters and partition functions identical to those of the matrix-level algebra Um,K. This connection makes it obvious that the rational theories are dense in the moduli space of strings on Tm, and may prove useful in other ways.

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