Toolkit for general 2d scalar potential in LCT
A bstract We present efficient algorithms for obtaining the Hamiltonian in Lightcone Conformal Truncation (LCT) for a 2d scalar field with a generic potential. We apply this method to the sine-Gordon and sinh-Gordon models in 1 +1 d , and find precise agreement with integrability results when the scaling dimension ∆ of the deforming cosine/cosinh potential is in the range ∆ ≤ 1. The agreement provides additional evidence for a recent conjecture for how to compute the effective lightcone Hamiltonian in this class of models. In addition, to high precision, we provide the first direct confirmation for the conjectured self-duality of the sinh-Gordon model (∆ < 0), which relates ∆ ↔ 4/∆. As the dimension approaches the upper limit ∆ = 1 from below, we show analytically that the Hamiltonian matrix elements exactly reproduce those of a free Majorana fermion, demonstrating how bosonization is manifested in the LCT basis. We comment on the possible extension of the approach to ∆ > 1.
Authors
- A. Liam Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-2069)
- Y. L. Xin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-5025)
- Emanuel Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-1320)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2025-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2025)193
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science