Liouville conformal field theories in higher dimensions

被引:22
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作者
Levy, Tom [1 ]
Oz, Yaron [1 ]
机构
[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
来源
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2018年 / 06期
关键词
Conformal Field Theory; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Anomalies in Field and String Theories;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP06(2018)119
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We consider a generalization of the two-dimensional Liouville conformal field theory to any number of even dimensions. The theories consist of a log-correlated scalar field with a background Q-curvature charge and an exponential Liouville-type potential. The theories are non-unitary and conformally invariant. They localize semiclassically on solutions that describe manifolds with a constant negative Q-curvature. We show that CT is independent of the Q-curvature charge and is the same as that of a higher derivative scalar theory. We calculate the A-type Euler conformal anomaly of these theories. We study the correlation functions, derive an integral expression for them and calculate the three-point functions of light primary operators. The result is a higher-dimensional generalization of the two-dimensional DOZZ formula for the three-point function of such operators.
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