Three-point functions in c <= 1 Liouville theory and conformal loop ensembles

Yacine Ikhlef; Jesper Lykke Jacobsen; Hubert Saleur

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.130601

Three-point functions in c <= 1 Liouville theory and conformal loop ensembles

Yacine Ikhlef ¹ Jesper Lykke Jacobsen ² Hubert Saleur ^{3, 4}

1 LPTHE - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies

2 LPTENS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS

3 USC - University of Southern California

4 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681

Abstract : The possibility of extending the Liouville Conformal Field Theory from values of the central charge $c \geq 25$ to $c \leq 1$ has been debated for many years in condensed matter physics as well as in string theory. It was only recently proven that such an extension -- involving a real spectrum of critical exponents as well as an analytic continuation of the DOZZ formula for three-point couplings -- does give rise to a consistent theory. We show in this Letter that this theory can be interpreted in terms of microscopic loop models. We introduce in particular a family of geometrical operators, and, using an efficient algorithm to compute three-point functions from the lattice, we show that their operator algebra corresponds exactly to that of vertex operators $V_{\hat{\alpha}}$ in $c \leq 1$ Liouville. We interpret geometrically the limit $\hat{\alpha} \to 0$ of $V_{\hat{\alpha}}$ and explain why it is not the identity operator (despite having conformal weight $\Delta=0$).

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Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2015, 116 (13), pp.130601. 〈10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.130601 〉

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Physique [physics] / Matière Condensée [cond-mat] / Mécanique statistique [cond-mat.stat-mech]

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