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| author | Lafay, Augustin Le, Ian Roussillon, Julien |
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| contents | We study a homogeneous system of $d+8$ linear partial differential equations (PDEs) in $d$ variables arising from two-dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) with a $W_3$-symmetry algebra. In the CFT context, $d$ PDEs are third-order and correspond to the null-state equations, whereas the remaining 8 PDEs (five being second-order and three being first-order) correspond to the $W_3$ global Ward identities. In the case of central charge $c=2$, we construct a subspace of the space of all solutions which grow no faster than a power law. We call this subspace the space of $W_3$ conformal blocks, and we provide a basis expressed in terms of Specht polynomials associated with column-strict, rectangular Young tableaux with three columns. The dimension of this space is a Kostka number which coincides with CFT predictions, hence we conjecture that it exhausts the space of all solutions having a power law bound. Moreover, we prove that the space of $W_3$ conformal blocks is an irreducible representation of a certain diagram algebra defined from $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ webs that we call Kuperberg algebra. Finally, we prove a formula relating the $W_3$ conformal blocks at $c=2$ we constructed to Kenyon and Shi's scaling limits of connection probabilities in the triple dimer model. For more general central charges, we expect that $W_3$ conformal blocks are related to scaling limits of probabilities in lattice models based on $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ webs. |
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| spellingShingle | Degenerate conformal blocks for the $W_3$ algebra at c=2 and connection probabilities in the triple dimer model Lafay, Augustin Le, Ian Roussillon, Julien Mathematical Physics High Energy Physics - Theory We study a homogeneous system of $d+8$ linear partial differential equations (PDEs) in $d$ variables arising from two-dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) with a $W_3$-symmetry algebra. In the CFT context, $d$ PDEs are third-order and correspond to the null-state equations, whereas the remaining 8 PDEs (five being second-order and three being first-order) correspond to the $W_3$ global Ward identities. In the case of central charge $c=2$, we construct a subspace of the space of all solutions which grow no faster than a power law. We call this subspace the space of $W_3$ conformal blocks, and we provide a basis expressed in terms of Specht polynomials associated with column-strict, rectangular Young tableaux with three columns. The dimension of this space is a Kostka number which coincides with CFT predictions, hence we conjecture that it exhausts the space of all solutions having a power law bound. Moreover, we prove that the space of $W_3$ conformal blocks is an irreducible representation of a certain diagram algebra defined from $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ webs that we call Kuperberg algebra. Finally, we prove a formula relating the $W_3$ conformal blocks at $c=2$ we constructed to Kenyon and Shi's scaling limits of connection probabilities in the triple dimer model. For more general central charges, we expect that $W_3$ conformal blocks are related to scaling limits of probabilities in lattice models based on $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ webs. |
| title | Degenerate conformal blocks for the $W_3$ algebra at c=2 and connection probabilities in the triple dimer model |
| topic | Mathematical Physics High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12013 |