Boundary $c\leq1$ Liouville CFT from the Bootstrap
We construct boundary Liouville conformal field theory at central charge $c\leq1$ with FZZT-type boundary conditions and show that it satisfies the Cardy--Lewellen sewing constraints on the disk and the annulus. Using the analytic bootstrap we derive the so far missing boundary three-point and bulk-to-boundary structure constants and a consistent disk one-point function as explicit meromorphic functions of the Liouville momenta. In sharp contrast to $c\geq25$, the open-string spectrum between two ``timelike'' FZZT boundaries is \emph{discrete}, yet non-trivially consistent through open-closed duality with the \emph{continuous} closed-string spectrum of Ribault and Santachiara.
Authors
- Ioannis Tsiares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-4665)
- Olga Papadoulaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5302-2930)
- Paul Ghiringhelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3991-3149)
- Panos Betzios
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.05378
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- preprint