Conformal field theory complexity from Euler-Arnold equations

Flory, Mario; Heller, Michal P.

doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2020)091

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Conformal field theory complexity from Euler-Arnold equations

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Heller, Michal P.
Gravity, Quantum Fields and Information, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Flory, M., & Heller, M. P. (2020). Conformal field theory complexity from Euler-Arnold equations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(12): 91. doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2020)091.

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Abstract

Defining complexity in quantum field theory is a difficult task, and the main
challenge concerns going beyond free models and associated Gaussian states and
operations. One take on this issue is to consider conformal field theories in
1+1 dimensions and our work is a comprehensive study of state and operator
complexity in the universal sector of their energy-momentum tensor. The
unifying conceptual ideas are Euler-Arnold equations and their
integro-differential generalization, which guarantee well-posedness of the
optimization problem between two generic states or transformations of interest.
The present work provides an in-depth discussion of the results reported in
arXiv:2005.02415 and techniques used in their derivation. Among the most
important topics we cover are usage of differential regularization, solution of
the integro-differential equation describing Fubini-Study state complexity and
probing the underlying geometry.