Gromov–Hausdorff tangent spaces and conformal dimension

2010 ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
John Mackay ◽  
Jeremy Tyson
Keyword(s):  
Conformal Dimension

scholarly journals Asymptotic symmetries and celestial CFT

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Donnay ◽  
Sabrina Pasterski ◽  
Andrea Puhm
Keyword(s):  
Principal Series ◽  
Finite Energy ◽  
Continuous Series ◽  
Asymptotic Symmetry ◽  
Null Infinity ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Contour Integrals ◽  
Celestial Sphere ◽  
Goldstone Modes ◽  
Asymptotic Symmetries

Abstract We provide a unified treatment of conformally soft Goldstone modes which arise when spin-one or spin-two conformal primary wavefunctions become pure gauge for certain integer values of the conformal dimension ∆. This effort lands us at the crossroads of two ongoing debates about what the appropriate conformal basis for celestial CFT is and what the asymptotic symmetry group of Einstein gravity at null infinity should be. Finite energy wavefunctions are captured by the principal continuous series ∆ ∈ 1 + iℝ and form a complete basis. We show that conformal primaries with analytically continued conformal dimension can be understood as certain contour integrals on the principal series. This clarifies how conformally soft Goldstone modes fit in but do not augment this basis. Conformally soft gravitons of dimension two and zero which are related by a shadow transform are shown to generate superrotations and non-meromorphic diffeomorphisms of the celestial sphere which we refer to as shadow superrotations. This dovetails the Virasoro and Diff(S2) asymptotic symmetry proposals and puts on equal footing the discussion of their associated soft charges, which correspond to the stress tensor and its shadow in the two-dimensional celestial CFT.

scholarly journals Constraints on quasinormal modes and bounds for critical points from pole-skipping

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Navid Abbasi ◽  
Matthias Kaminski
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Thermal State ◽  
Quasinormal Modes ◽  
Scalar Perturbation ◽  
Black Brane ◽  
Massive Scalar ◽  
Dual Operator ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Scalar Operator ◽  
First Time

Abstract We consider a holographic thermal state and perturb it by a scalar operator whose associated real-time Green’s function has only gapped poles. These gapped poles correspond to the non-hydrodynamic quasinormal modes of a massive scalar perturbation around a Schwarzschild black brane. Relations between pole-skipping points, critical points and quasinormal modes in general emerge when the mass of the scalar and hence the dual operator dimension is varied. First, this novel analysis reveals a relation between the location of a mode in the infinite tower of quasinormal modes and the number of pole-skipping points constraining its dispersion relation at imaginary momenta. Second, for the first time, we consider the radii of convergence of the derivative expansions about the gapped quasinormal modes. These convergence radii turn out to be bounded from above by the set of all pole-skipping points. Furthermore, a transition between two distinct classes of critical points occurs at a particular value for the conformal dimension, implying close relations between critical points and pole-skipping points in one of those two classes. We show numerically that all of our results are also true for gapped modes of vector and tensor operators.

scholarly journals Celestial diamonds: conformal multiplets in celestial CFT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Pasterski ◽  
Andrea Puhm ◽  
Emilio Trevisani
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Explicit Construction ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Massless Particles ◽  
Special Values ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Opposite Helicity ◽  
Asymptotic Symmetries

Abstract We examine the structure of global conformal multiplets in 2D celestial CFT. For a 4D bulk theory containing massless particles of spin s = $$ \left\{0,\frac{1}{2},1,\frac{3}{2},2\right\} $$ 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 we classify and construct all SL(2,ℂ) primary descendants which are organized into ‘celestial diamonds’. This explicit construction is achieved using a wavefunction-based approach that allows us to map 4D scattering amplitudes to celestial CFT correlators of operators with SL(2,ℂ) conformal dimension ∆ and spin J. Radiative conformal primary wavefunctions have J = ±s and give rise to conformally soft theorems for special values of ∆ ∈ $$ \frac{1}{2}\mathbb{Z} $$ 1 2 ℤ . They are located either at the top of celestial diamonds, where they descend to trivial null primaries, or at the left and right corners, where they descend both to and from generalized conformal primary wavefunctions which have |J| ≤ s. Celestial diamonds naturally incorporate degeneracies of opposite helicity particles via the 2D shadow transform relating radiative primaries and account for the global and asymptotic symmetries in gauge theory and gravity.

ONE-LOOP CORRECTION TO ENERGY OF SPINNING STRINGS IN AdS5×T1, 1

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250015
Author(s):  
HYOJOONG KIM ◽  
NAKWOO KIM ◽  
JUNG HUN LEE
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Mode Frequency ◽  
Harmonic Oscillators ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Gauge Field Theory ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Loop Correction ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Normal Mode Frequency ◽  
The One

We consider circular spinning string solutions in AdS5×T1, 1 and calculate the quantum corrections to the energy at one-loop on worldsheet. The fluctuations are given as a set of harmonic oscillators and we calculate their normal mode frequency in closed form. The sum of frequency is equal to the one-loop string energy, which through AdS/CFT correspondence corresponds to the leading order correction of the conformal dimension for long operators in Klebanov–Witten conifold gauge field theory.

scholarly journals Simple current extensions beyond semi-simplicity

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Creutzig ◽  
Shashank Kanade ◽  
Andrew R. Linshaw
Keyword(s):  
Vertex Operator ◽  
Operator Algebra ◽  
Vertex Operator Algebra ◽  
Arbitrary Order ◽  
Tensor Category ◽  
Sufficient Criterion ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Half Integer ◽  
Simple Currents

Let [Formula: see text] be a simple vertex operator algebra (VOA) and consider a representation category of [Formula: see text] that is a vertex tensor category in the sense of Huang–Lepowsky. In particular, this category is a braided tensor category. Let [Formula: see text] be an object in this category that is a simple current of order two of either integer or half-integer conformal dimension. We prove that [Formula: see text] is either a VOA or a super VOA. If the representation category of [Formula: see text] is in addition ribbon, then the categorical dimension of [Formula: see text] decides this parity question. Combining with Carnahan’s work, we extend this result to simple currents of arbitrary order. Our next result is a simple sufficient criterion for lifting indecomposable objects that only depends on conformal dimensions. Several examples of simple current extensions that are [Formula: see text]-cofinite and non-rational are then given and induced modules listed.

scholarly journals Holographic thermal correlators revisited

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hare Krishna ◽  
D. Rodriguez-Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Position Space ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
General Contraction ◽  
Neutral Operator ◽  
Point Correlation ◽  
Leading Term ◽  
Geodesic Approximation

Abstract We study 2-point correlation functions for scalar operators in position space through holography including bulk cubic couplings as well as higher curvature couplings to the square of the Weyl tensor. We focus on scalar operators with large conformal dimensions. This allows us to use the geodesic approximation for propagators. In addition to the leading order contribution, captured by geodesics anchored at the insertion points of the operators on the boundary and probing the bulk geometry thoroughly studied in the literature, the first correction is given by a Witten diagram involving both the bulk cubic coupling and the higher curvature couplings. As a result, this correction is proportional to the VEV of a neutral operator Ok and thus probes the interior of the black hole exactly as in the case studied by Grinberg and Maldacena [13]. The form of the correction matches the general expectations in CFT and allows to identify the contributions of TnOk (being Tn the general contraction of n energy-momentum tensors) to the 2-point function. This correction is actually the leading term for off-diagonal correlators (i.e. correlators for operators of different conformal dimension), which can then be computed holographically in this way.

scholarly journals Conformal dimension of hyperbolic groups that split over elementary subgroups

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Carrasco ◽  
John M. Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Hyperbolic Groups ◽  
Conformal Dimension ◽  
Gromov Hyperbolic

AbstractWe study the (Ahlfors regular) conformal dimension of the boundary at infinity of Gromov hyperbolic groups which split over elementary subgroups. If such a group is not virtually free, we show that the conformal dimension is equal to the maximal value of the conformal dimension of the vertex groups, or 1, whichever is greater, and we characterise when the conformal dimension is attained. As a consequence, we are able to characterise which Gromov hyperbolic groups (without 2-torsion) have conformal dimension 1, answering a question of Bonk and Kleiner.

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