Published May 7, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Conformal bootstrap at large charge

  • 1. Department of Physics, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA 20138 (United States)

Description

We consider unitary CFTs with continuous global symmetries in d>2. We consider a state created by the lightest operator of large charge Q1 and analyze the correlator of two light charged operators in this state. We assume that the correlator admits a well-defined large Q expansion and, relatedly, that the macroscopic (thermodynamic) limit of the correlator exists. We find that the crossing equations admit a consistent truncation, where only a finite number N of Regge trajectories contribute to the correlator at leading nontrivial order. We classify all such truncated solutions to the crossing. For one Regge trajectory N=1, the solution is unique and given by the effective field theory of a Goldstone mode. For two or more Regge trajectories N2, the solutions are encoded in roots of a certain degree N polynomial. Some of the solutions admit a simple weakly coupled EFT description, whereas others do not. In the weakly coupled case, each Regge trajectory corresponds to a field in the effective Lagrangian.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)043; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/25420

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2018
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 43
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49093935
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FIELD OPERATORS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; REGGE TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS

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Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP05(2018)043; ARXIV:1710.11161; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:25420
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)