Journal of High Energy Physics (Sep 2020)

The Lorentzian inversion formula and the spectrum of the 3d O(2) CFT

  • Junyu Liu,
  • David Meltzer,
  • David Poland,
  • David Simmons-Duffin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2020)115
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 9
pp. 1 – 73

Abstract

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Abstract We study the spectrum and OPE coefficients of the three-dimensional critical O(2) model, using four-point functions of the leading scalars with charges 0, 1, and 2 (s, ϕ, and t). We obtain numerical predictions for low-twist OPE data in several charge sectors using the extremal functional method. We compare the results to analytical estimates using the Lorentzian inversion formula and a small amount of numerical input. We find agreement between the analytic and numerical predictions. We also give evidence that certain scalar operators lie on double-twist Regge trajectories and obtain estimates for the leading Regge intercepts of the O(2) model.

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