Exploring replica-Potts CFTs in two dimensions

Abstract We initiate a numerical conformal bootstrap study of CFTs with S n  ⋉ (S Q ) n global symmetry. These include CFTs that can be obtained as coupled replicas of two-dimensional critical Potts models. Particular attention is paid to the special case S 3 ⋉ (S 3)3, which governs the critical beh...

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Main Authors: Stefanos R. Kousvos, Alessandro Piazza, Alessandro Vichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2024)030
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Summary:Abstract We initiate a numerical conformal bootstrap study of CFTs with S n  ⋉ (S Q ) n global symmetry. These include CFTs that can be obtained as coupled replicas of two-dimensional critical Potts models. Particular attention is paid to the special case S 3 ⋉ (S 3)3, which governs the critical behaviour of three coupled critical 3-state Potts models, a multi-scalar realisation of a (potentially) non-integrable CFT in two dimensions. The model has been studied in earlier works using perturbation theory, transfer matrices, and Monte Carlo simulations. This work represents an independent non-perturbative analysis. Our results are in agreement with previous determinations: we obtain an allowed peninsula within parameter space for the scaling dimensions of the three lowest-lying operators in the theory, which contains the earlier predictions for these scaling dimensions. Additionally, we derive numerous bounds on admissible scaling dimensions in the theory, which are compatible with earlier results. Our work sets the necessary groundwork for a future precision study of these theories in the conformal bootstrap.
ISSN:1029-8479