Beyond logarithmic corrections to Cardy formula

作者：Loran Farhang^*; Sheikh Jabbari M M; Vincon Massimiliano

来源：The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011, 2011(1): 110.

DOI：10.1007/JHEP01(2011)110

• AdS-CFT Correspondence
• Conformal Field Models in String Theory
• Field Theories in Lower Dimensions

As shown by Cardy [1], modular invariance of the partition function of a given unitary non- singular 2d CFT with left and right central charges c(L) and c(R), implies that the density of states in a microcanonical ensemble, at excitations Delta and (Delta) over bar and in the saddle point approximation, is rho(0)(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)) = c(L) exp(2 pi root c(L)Delta/6) center dot cR exp(2 pi root c(L)Delta/6). In this paper, we extend Cardy's analysis and show that in the saddle point approximation and up to contributions which are exponentially suppressed compared to the leading Cardy's result, the density of states takes the form rho(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)) = f(c(L)Delta) f(c(R)Delta)rho(0)(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)), for a function f(x) which we specify. In particular, we show that (i) rho(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)) is the product of contributions of left and right movers and hence, to this approximation, the partition function of any modular invariant, non- singular unitary 2d CFT is holomorphically factorizable and (ii) rho(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R))/(c(L)c(R)) is only a function of c(L)Delta and cR (Delta) over bar. In addition, treating rho(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)) as the density of states of a microcanonical ensemble, we compute the entropy of the system in the canonical counterpart and show that the function f(x) is such that the canonical entropy, up to exponentially suppressed contributions, is simply given by the Cardy's result ln rho(0)(Delta, (Delta) over bar; c(L), c(R)).

• 出版日期2011-1