Logarithmic observables in critical percolation

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2012/07/L07001arXiv1206.2312WikidataQ58082236 ScholiaQ58082236MaRDI QIDQ6233609FDOQ6233609

Authors: Romain Vasseur, Jesper Lykke Jacobsen, H. Saleur 

Publication date: 11 June 2012

Abstract: Although it has long been known that the proper quantum field theory description of critical percolation involves a logarithmic conformal field theory (LCFT), no direct consequence of this has been observed so far. Representing critical bond percolation as the Q = 1 limit of the Q-state Potts model, and analyzing the underlying S_Q symmetry of the Potts spins, we identify a class of simple observables whose two-point functions scale logarithmically for Q = 1. The logarithm originates from the mixing of the energy operator with a logarithmic partner that we identify as the field that creates two propagating clusters. In d=2 dimensions this agrees with general LCFT results, and in particular the universal prefactor of the logarithm can be computed exactly. We confirm its numerical value by extensive Monte-Carlo simulations.

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