Bootstrapping boundary-localized interactions II. Minimal models at the boundary

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Abstract

We provide evidence for the existence of non-trivial unitary conformal boundary conditions for a three-dimensional free scalar field, which can be obtained via a coupling to the m’th unitary diagonal minimal model. For large m we can demonstrate the existence of the fixed point perturbatively, and for smaller values we use the numerical conformal bootstrap to obtain a sharp kink that smoothly matches onto the perturbative predictions. The wider numerical analysis also yields universal bounds for the spectrum of any other boundary condition for the free scalar field. A second kink in these bounds hints at a second class of non-standard boundary conditions, as yet unidentified.

Original languageEnglish
Article number146
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2022
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • Conformal Field Theory
  • Conformal and W Symmetry
  • Renormalization Group

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