Bootstrapping the minimal 3D SCFT

被引:38
作者
Atanasov, Alexander [1 ]
Hillman, Aaron [1 ]
Poland, David [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] CALTECH, Walter Burke Inst Theoret Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
关键词
Conformal and W Symmetry; Conformal Field Theory; Nonperturbative Effects; Supersymmetry and Duality;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP11(2018)140
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We study the conformal bootstrap constraints for 3D conformal fi eld theories with a Z2 or parity symmetry, assuming a single relevant scalar operator that is invariant under the symmetry. When there is additionally a single relevant odd scalar , we map out the allowed space of dimensions and three-point couplings of such \ Ising-like" CFTs. If we allow a second relevant odd scalar 0, we identify a feature in the allowed space compatible with 3D N = 1 superconformal symmetry and conjecture that it corresponds to the minimal N = 1 supersymmetric extension of the Ising CFT. This model has appeared in previous numerical bootstrap studies, as well as in proposals for emergent supersymmetry on the boundaries of topological phases of matter. Adding further constraints from 3D N = 1 superconformal symmetry, we isolate this theory and use the numerical bootstrap to compute the leading scaling dimensions = 1 = : 58444(22) and three-point couplings = 1 : 0721(2) and = 1 : 67(1). We additionally place bounds on the central charge and use the extremal functional method to estimate the dimensions of the next several operators in the spectrum. Based on our results we observe the possible exact relation = = tan(1).
引用
收藏
页数:15
相关论文
共 36 条
[31]  
Poland D, 2016, NAT PHYS, V12, P535, DOI [10.1038/NPHYS3761, 10.1038/nphys3761]
[32]   Bounds on 4D conformal and superconformal field theories [J].
Poland, David ;
Simmons-Duffin, David .
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2011, (05)
[33]   A spacetime derivation of the Lorentzian OPE inversion formula [J].
Simmons-Duffin, David ;
Stanford, Douglas ;
Witten, Edward .
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2018, (07)
[34]   The lightcone bootstrap and the spectrum of the 3d ising CFT [J].
Simmons-Duffin, David .
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017, (03)
[35]   A semidefinite program solver for the conformal bootstrap [J].
Simmons-Duffin, David .
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2015, (06)
[36]   Four-loop critical exponents for the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa models [J].
Zerf, Nikolai ;
Mihaila, Luminita N. ;
Marquard, Peter ;
Herbut, Igor F. ;
Scherer, Michael M. .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2017, 96 (09)