Topological and Geometric Universal Thermodynamics in Conformal Field Theory

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVB.97.220407arXiv1801.07635WikidataQ129615041 ScholiaQ129615041MaRDI QIDQ6296830FDOQ6296830

Wei Li, Haoxin Wang, Lei Chen, Hai Lin

Publication date: 23 January 2018

Abstract: Universal thermal data in conformal field theory (CFT) offer a valuable means for characterizing and classifying criticality. With improved tensor network techniques, we investigate the universal thermodynamics on a nonorientable minimal surface, the crosscapped disk (or real projective plane, $mathbb{RP}^2$). Through a cut-and-sew process, $mathbb{RP}^2$ is topologically equivalent to a cylinder with rainbow and crosscap boundaries. We uncover that the crosscap contributes a fractional topological term $frac12lnk$ related to nonorientable genus, with $k$ a universal constant in two-dimensional CFT, while the rainbow boundary gives rise to a geometric term $$, with $$ the manifold size and $c$ the central charge. We have also obtained analytically the logarithmic rainbow term by CFT calculations, and discuss its connection to the renowned Cardy-Peschel conical singularity.

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