51. Twist Gap and Global Symmetry in Two Dimensions
- Author
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Hirosi Ooguri, Nathan Benjamin, Yifan Wang, and Shu-Heng Shao
- Subjects
High Energy Physics - Theory ,Physics ,Primary field ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Conformal field theory ,Zero (complex analysis) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Global symmetry ,Computer Science::Digital Libraries ,01 natural sciences ,Unitary state ,High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) ,0103 physical sciences ,Twist ,Abelian group ,010306 general physics ,Conserved current ,Mathematical physics - Abstract
We show that every compact, unitary two-dimensional CFT with an abelian conserved current has vanishing twist gap for charged primary fields with respect to the $\mathfrak{u}(1)\times$Virasoro algebra. This means that either the chiral algebra is enhanced by a charged primary field with zero twist or there is an infinite family of charged primary fields that accumulate to zero twist., Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, v2: minor changes
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- 2020