On the analytical continuation of lattice Liouville theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2023)061MaRDI QIDQ6101205zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Xiangyu Cao, Raoul Santachiara, Romain Usciati

Publication date 31 May 2023

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07454

zbMATH Keywords

field theories in lower dimensionslattice quantum field theoryscale and conformal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: The path integral of Liouville theory is well understood only when the central charge $cin[25,infty)$. Here, we study the analytical continuation the lattice Liouville path integral to generic values of $c$, with a particular focus on the vicinity of $cin(-infty,1]$. We show that the $cin[25,infty)$ lattice path integral can be continued to one over a new integration cycle of complex field configurations. We give an explicit formula for the new integration cycle in terms of a discrete sum over elementary cycles, which are a direct generalization of the inverse Gamma function contour. Possible statistical interpretations are discussed. We also compare our approach to one focused on Lefschetz thimbles, by solving a two-site toy model in detail. As the parameter equivalent to $c$ varies from $[25,infty)$ to $(-infty,1]$, we find an infinite number of Stokes walls (where the thimbles undergo topological rearrangements), accumulating at the destination point $cin(-infty,1]$, where the thimbles become equivalent to the elementary cycles.

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