Harmonic analysis of 2d CFT partition functions

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Abstract: We apply the theory of harmonic analysis on the fundamental domain of SL(2,mathbbZ) to partition functions of two-dimensional conformal field theories. We decompose the partition function of c free bosons on a Narain lattice into eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of worldsheet moduli space mathbbH/SL(2,mathbbZ), and of target space moduli space . This decomposition manifests certain properties of Narain theories and ensemble averages thereof. We extend the application of spectral theory to partition functions of general two-dimensional conformal field theories, and explore its meaning in connection to AdS3 gravity. An implication of harmonic analysis is that the local operator spectrum is fully determined by a certain subset of degeneracies.



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