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Bootstrapping boundary-localized interactions

Abstract:
We study conformal boundary conditions for the theory of a single real scalar to investigate whether the known Dirichlet and Neumann conditions are the only possibilities. For this free bulk theory there are strong restrictions on the possible boundary dynamics. In particular, we find that the bulk-to-boundary operator expansion of the bulk field involves at most a ‘shadow pair’ of boundary fields, irrespective of the conformal boundary condition. We numerically analyze the four-point crossing equations for this shadow pair in the case of a three-dimensional boundary (so a four-dimensional scalar field) and find that large ranges of parameter space are excluded. However a ‘kink’ in the numerical bounds obeys all our consistency checks and might be an indication of a new conformal boundary condition.
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10.1007/JHEP12(2020)182

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
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Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Journal of High Energy Physics More from this journal
Volume:
2020
Issue:
12
Article number:
182
Publication date:
2020-12-28
Acceptance date:
2020-11-16
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EISSN:
1029-8479
ISSN:
1126-6708


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English
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1152395
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pubs:1152395
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2021-06-28
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