On the positive geometry of conformal field theory
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Publication:2314971
DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2019)124zbMATH Open1416.81133arXiv1812.07739WikidataQ127625548 ScholiaQ127625548MaRDI QIDQ2314971FDOQ2314971
Authors: Shu-Heng Shao, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yu-Tin Huang 
Publication date: 30 July 2019
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: It has long been clear that the conformal bootstrap is associated with a rich geometry. In this paper we undertake a systematic exploration of this geometric structure as an object of study in its own right. We study conformal blocks for the minimal SL(2,R) symmetry present in conformal field theories in all dimensions. Unitarity demands that the Taylor coefficients of the four-point function lie inside a polytope U determined by the operator spectrum, while crossing demands they lie on a plane X. The conformal bootstrap is then geometrically interpreted as demanding a non-empty intersection of U and X. We find that the conformal blocks enjoy a surprising positive determinant property. This implies that U is an example of a famous polytope -- the cyclic polytope. The face structure of cyclic polytopes is completely understood. This lets us fully characterize the intersection U and X by a simple combinatorial rule, leading to a number of new exact statements about the spectrum and four-point function in any conformal field theory.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07739
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