Lax matrix solution of c=1 Conformal Field Theory

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

To a correlation function in a two-dimensional conformal field theory with the central charge c=1c=1, we associate a matrix differential equation Ψ′=LΨΨ' = L Ψ, where the Lax matrix LL is a matrix square root of the energy-momentum tensor. Then local conformal symmetry implies that the differential equation is isomonodromic. This provides a justification for the recently observed relation between four-point conformal blocks and solutions of the Painlevé VI equation. This also provides a direct way to compute the three-point function of Runkel-Watts theory -- the common c→1c\rightarrow 1 limit of Minimal Models and Liouville theory.

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