6D large charge and 2D Virasoro blocks

We compute observables in the interacting rank-one 6D <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi mathvariant="script">N</a:mi><a:mo>=</a:mo><a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo><a:mn>2</a:mn><a:mo>,</a:mo><a:mn>0</a:mn><a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo></a:math> superconformal field theory (SCFT) at large <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><f:mi>R</f:mi></f:math>-charge. We focus on correlators involving <h:math xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><h:msup><h:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</h:mi><h:mi>n</h:mi></h:msup></h:math>, namely symmetric products of the bottom component of the supermultiplet containing the stress tensor. By using the moduli space effective action and methods from the large-charge expansion, we compute the operator product expansion coefficients <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><k:mo stretchy="false">⟨</k:mo><k:mrow><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mi>n</k:mi></k:msup><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mi>m</k:mi></k:msup><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mrow><k:mi>n</k:mi><k:mo>+</k:mo><k:mi>m</k:mi></k:mrow></k:msup></k:mrow><k:mo stretchy="false">⟩</k:mo></k:math> in an expansion in <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><r:mn>1</r:mn><r:mo>/</r:mo><r:mi>n</r:mi></r:math>. The coefficients of the expansion are only partially determined from the 6D perspective, but we manage to fix them order-by-order in <t:math xmlns:t="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><t:mn>1</t:mn><t:mo>/</t:mo><t:mi>n</t:mi></t:math> numerically by utilizing the <v:math xmlns:v="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><v:mrow><v:mn>6</v:mn><v:mi mathvariant="normal">D</v:mi><v:mo>/</v:mo><v:mn>2</v:mn><v:mi mathvariant="normal">D</v:mi></v:mrow></v:math> correspondence. This is made possible by the fact that this 6D observable can be extracted in 2D from a specific double-scaling limit of the vacuum Virasoro block, which can be efficiently computed numerically. We also extend the computation to higher-rank SCFTs, and discuss various applications of our results to 6D as well as 2D.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-02-05
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.045002
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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6D large charge and 2D Virasoro blocks

Masataka Watanabe, Adar Sharon, Jonathan J. Heckman
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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
3.74
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6D large charge and 2D Virasoro blocks

Masataka Watanabe, Adar Sharon, Jonathan J. Heckman
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Abstract

We compute observables in the interacting rank-one 6D <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi mathvariant="script">N</a:mi><a:mo>=</a:mo><a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo><a:mn>2</a:mn><a:mo>,</a:mo><a:mn>0</a:mn><a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo></a:math> superconformal field theory (SCFT) at large <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><f:mi>R</f:mi></f:math>-charge. We focus on correlators involving <h:math xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><h:msup><h:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</h:mi><h:mi>n</h:mi></h:msup></h:math>, namely symmetric products of the bottom component of the supermultiplet containing the stress tensor. By using the moduli space effective action and methods from the large-charge expansion, we compute the operator product expansion coefficients <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><k:mo stretchy="false">⟨</k:mo><k:mrow><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mi>n</k:mi></k:msup><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mi>m</k:mi></k:msup><k:msup><k:mi mathvariant="normal">Φ</k:mi><k:mrow><k:mi>n</k:mi><k:mo>+</k:mo><k:mi>m</k:mi></k:mrow></k:msup></k:mrow><k:mo stretchy="false">⟩</k:mo></k:math> in an expansion in <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><r:mn>1</r:mn><r:mo>/</r:mo><r:mi>n</r:mi></r:math>. The coefficients of the expansion are only partially determined from the 6D perspective, but we manage to fix them order-by-order in <t:math xmlns:t="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><t:mn>1</t:mn><t:mo>/</t:mo><t:mi>n</t:mi></t:math> numerically by utilizing the <v:math xmlns:v="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><v:mrow><v:mn>6</v:mn><v:mi mathvariant="normal">D</v:mi><v:mo>/</v:mo><v:mn>2</v:mn><v:mi mathvariant="normal">D</v:mi></v:mrow></v:math> correspondence. This is made possible by the fact that this 6D observable can be extracted in 2D from a specific double-scaling limit of the vacuum Virasoro block, which can be efficiently computed numerically. We also extend the computation to higher-rank SCFTs, and discuss various applications of our results to 6D as well as 2D.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 111(4)
California University of Pennsylvania (US), Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (US), Nagoya University (JP)
U.S. Department of Energy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Openalex Percentile: Top 9%
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
3.74
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