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Solving the 3d Ising Model with the Conformal Bootstrap II. $$c$$ c -Minimization and Precise Critical Exponents

El-Showk, Sheer ; Paulos, Miguel ; Poland, David ; Rychkov, Slava ; Simmons-Duffin, David ; Vichi, Alessandro

In: Journal of Statistical Physics, 2014, vol. 157, no. 4-5, p. 869-914

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    Titre
    • Solving the 3d Ising Model with the Conformal Bootstrap II. $$c$$ c -Minimization and Precise Critical Exponents
    Auteur
    • El-Showk, Sheer. Theory Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Paulos, Miguel. Department of Physics, Brown University, Box 1843, 02912-1843, Providence, RI, USA
    • Poland, David. Department of Physics, Yale University, 06520, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Rychkov, Slava. Theory Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Simmons-Duffin, David. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, 08540, Princeton, NJ, USA
    • Vichi, Alessandro. Theoretical Physics Group, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Center for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Statistical Physics, 2014, vol. 157, no. 4-5, p. 869-914. Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:326128
    Summary
    We use the conformal bootstrap to perform a precision study of the operator spectrum of the critical 3d Ising model. We conjecture that the 3d Ising spectrum minimizes the central charge $$c$$ c in the space of unitary solutions to crossing symmetry. Because extremal solutions to crossing symmetry are uniquely determined, we are able to precisely reconstruct the first several $$\mathbb {Z}_2$$ Z 2 -even operator dimensions and their OPE coefficients. We observe that a sharp transition in the operator spectrum occurs at the 3d Ising dimension $$\Delta _\sigma = 0.518154(15)$$ Δ σ = 0.518154 ( 15 ) , and find strong numerical evidence that operators decouple from the spectrum as one approaches the 3d Ising point. We compare this behavior to the analogous situation in 2d, where the disappearance of operators can be understood in terms of degenerate Virasoro representations.