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Title: Solving the 3d Ising Model with the Conformal Bootstrap II. c-Minimization and Precise Critical Exponents

Journal Article · · Journal of Statistical Physics
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  2. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
  3. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  4. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France); Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France)
  5. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States). School of Natural Sciences
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Here, we use the conformal bootstrap to perform a precision study of the operator spectrum of the critical 3d Ising model. We conjecture that the 3d Ising spectrum minimizes the central charge \(c\) in the space of unitary solutions to crossing symmetry. Because extremal solutions to crossing symmetry are uniquely determined, we are even able to precisely reconstruct the first several \(\mathbb {Z}_2\)-even operator dimensions and their OPE coefficients. We observe that a sharp transition in the operator spectrum occurs at the 3d Ising dimension \(\Delta _\sigma = 0.518154(15)\), and find strong numerical evidence that operators decouple from the spectrum as one approaches the 3d Ising point. We compare this behavior to the analogous situation in 2d, where the disappearance of operators can be understood in terms of degenerate Virasoro representations.

Research Organization:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009988; PHY11-25915; 05-BLAN-NT09-573739; PITN-GA-2009-237920; FG02-11ER41742; AC02-05CH1123
OSTI ID:
1599339
Journal Information:
Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 157, Issue 4-5; ISSN 0022-4715
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 365 works
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