A Lorentzian inversion formula for defect CFT

Abstract We present a Lorentzian inversion formula valid for any defect CFT that extracts the bulk channel CFT data as an analytic function of the spin variable. This result complements the already obtained inversion formula for the corresponding defect channel, and makes it now possible to implemen...

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Main Authors: Pedro Liendo, Yannick Linke, Volker Schomerus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2020)163
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Summary:Abstract We present a Lorentzian inversion formula valid for any defect CFT that extracts the bulk channel CFT data as an analytic function of the spin variable. This result complements the already obtained inversion formula for the corresponding defect channel, and makes it now possible to implement the analytic bootstrap program for defect CFT, by going back and forth between bulk and defect expansions. A crucial role in our derivation is played by the Calogero-Sutherland description of defect blocks which we review. As first applications we obtain the large-spin limit of bulk CFT data necessary to reproduce the defect identity, and also calculate one-point functions of the twist defect of the 3d Ising model to first order in the ϵ-expansion.
ISSN:1029-8479