Abstract
The Brownian loop soup (BLS) is a conformally invariant statistical ensemble of random loops in two dimensions characterized by an intensity λ > 0. Recently, we constructed families of operators in the BLS and showed that they transform as conformal primary operators. In this paper we provide an explicit expression for the BLS stress-energy tensor and compute its operator product expansion with other operators. Our results are consistent with the conformal Ward identities and our previous result that the central charge is c = 2λ. In the case of domains with boundary we identify a boundary operator that has properties consistent with the boundary stress-energy tensor. We show that this operator generates local deformations of the boundary and that it is related to a boundary operator that induces a Brownian excursion starting or ending at its insertion point.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 9 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2022 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2022 |
Keywords
- Integrable Field Theories
- Random Systems
- Scale and Conformal Symmetries
- Stochastic Processes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics