Conformal bootstrap in two-dimensional conformal field theories with non-diagonal spectrums

Abstract

In this thesis we study two-dimensional conformal field theories with Virasoro algebra symmetry, following the conformal bootstrap approach. Under the assumption that degenerate fields exist, we provide an extension of the analytic conformal bootstrap method to theories with non-diagonal spectrums. We write the equations that determine structure constants, and find explicit solutions in terms of special functions. We validate this results by numerically computing four-point functions in diagonal and non-diagonal minimal models, and verifying that crossing symmetry is satisfied. In addition, we build a proposal for a family of non-diagonal, non-rational conformal field theories for any central charges such that $\Re c<13$. This proposal is motivated by taking limits of the spectrum of D-series minimal models. We perform numerical computations of four-point functions in these theories, and find that they satisfy crossing symmetry. These theories may be understood as non-diagonal extensions of Liouville theory.

PhD Thesis from Université Paris-Saclay. Prepared at Université Paris-Sud. Institut de physique théorique (IPhT), Université Paris Saclay, CEA, CNRS. Thesis defended on October 10th, 2018. 138 pages. Some of the main results appeared in arXiv:1711.08916. Chapter 6 consists of a summary of the thesis in French. Also at http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS362 . V2: Corrected reference [23]