Partition functions on the Euclidean plane with compact boundaries in conformal and non-conformal theories

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2012.04.024zbMATH Open1246.81331arXiv1111.0533OpenAlexW2006127797MaRDI QIDQ447409FDOQ447409

Authors: Ira Z. Rothstein 

Publication date: 3 September 2012

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this letter we calculate the exact partition function for free bosons on the plane with lacunae. First the partition function for a plane with two spherical holes is calculated by matching exactly for the infinite set of Wilson coefficients in an effective world line theory and then performing the ensuing Gaussian integration. The partition is then re-calculated using conformal field theory techniques, and the equality of the two results is made manifest. It is then demonstrated that there is an exact correspondence between the Wilson coefficients (susceptabilities) in the effective field theory and the weights of the individual excitations of the closed string coherent state on the boundary. We calculate the partition function for the case of three holes where CFT techniques necessitate a closed form for the map from the corresponding closed string pants diagrams. Finally, it is shown that the Wilson coefficients for the case of quartic and higher order kernels, where standard CFT techniques are no longer applicable, can also be completely determined. These techniques can also be applied to the case of non-trivial central charges.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.0533

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Integral formulas of real functions of several variables (Stokes, Gauss, Green, etc.) (26B20)

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