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Main Authors: Chiang, Li-Yuan, Huang, Tzu-Chen, Huang, Yu-tin, Li, Wei, Rodina, Laurentiu, Weng, He-Chen
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11692
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author Chiang, Li-Yuan
Huang, Tzu-Chen
Huang, Yu-tin
Li, Wei
Rodina, Laurentiu
Weng, He-Chen
author_facet Chiang, Li-Yuan
Huang, Tzu-Chen
Huang, Yu-tin
Li, Wei
Rodina, Laurentiu
Weng, He-Chen
contents We explore the geometry behind the modular bootstrap and its image in the space of Taylor coefficients of the torus partition function. In the first part, we identify the geometry as an intersection of planes with the convex hull of moment curves on $R^+{\otimes}\mathbb{Z}$, with boundaries characterized by the total positivity of generalized Hankel matrices. We phrase the Hankel constraints as a semi-definite program, which has several advantages, such as constant computation time with increasing central charge. We derive bounds on the gap, twist-gap, and the space of Taylor coefficients themselves. We find that if the gap is above $Δ^*_{gap}$, where $\frac{c{-}1}{12}<Δ^*_{gap}< \frac{c}{12}$, all coefficients become bounded on both sides and kinks develop in the space. In the second part, we propose an analytic method of imposing the integrality condition for the degeneracy number in the spinless bootstrap, which leads to a non-convex geometry. We find that even at very low derivative order this condition rules out regions otherwise allowed by bootstraps at high derivative order.
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spellingShingle The Geometry of the Modular Bootstrap
Chiang, Li-Yuan
Huang, Tzu-Chen
Huang, Yu-tin
Li, Wei
Rodina, Laurentiu
Weng, He-Chen
High Energy Physics - Theory
We explore the geometry behind the modular bootstrap and its image in the space of Taylor coefficients of the torus partition function. In the first part, we identify the geometry as an intersection of planes with the convex hull of moment curves on $R^+{\otimes}\mathbb{Z}$, with boundaries characterized by the total positivity of generalized Hankel matrices. We phrase the Hankel constraints as a semi-definite program, which has several advantages, such as constant computation time with increasing central charge. We derive bounds on the gap, twist-gap, and the space of Taylor coefficients themselves. We find that if the gap is above $Δ^*_{gap}$, where $\frac{c{-}1}{12}<Δ^*_{gap}< \frac{c}{12}$, all coefficients become bounded on both sides and kinks develop in the space. In the second part, we propose an analytic method of imposing the integrality condition for the degeneracy number in the spinless bootstrap, which leads to a non-convex geometry. We find that even at very low derivative order this condition rules out regions otherwise allowed by bootstraps at high derivative order.
title The Geometry of the Modular Bootstrap
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11692