Abstract:
We study the fusion kernel for nondegenerate conformal blocks in the Liouville theory as a solution of difference equations originating from the pentagon identity. We propose an approach for solving these equations based on a "nonperturbative" series expansion that allows calculating the fusion kernel iteratively. We also find exact solutions for the special central charge values c=1+6(b−b−1)2c=1+6(b−b−1)2, b∈N. For c=1, the obtained result reproduces the formula previously obtained from analytic properties of a solution of a Painlevé equation, but our solution has a significantly simplified form.
Keywords:
conformal field theory, Liouville theory, Virasoro algebra.
This research is supported in part by the Program
for Supporting Leading Scientific Schools (Grant No. NSh-1500.2014.2) and
the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant Nos. 13-02-00457 and
14-02-31372-mol_a).
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