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Integrals of motion in WE₆ CFT and the ODE/IM correspondence

Daichi Ide , Katsushi Ito , Wataru Kono
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Period integrals from the E6 ODE match the eigenvalues of integrals of motion in the corresponding W CFT up to sixth order.

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The paper examines the ODE/IM correspondence for the differential equation tied to the affine Lie algebra E6. It applies the WKB expansion via diagonalization to the ODE and computes period integrals of the resulting coefficients along the Pochhammer contour. These integrals are then compared against the integrals of motion evaluated in the two-dimensional conformal field theory with W-symmetry associated to E6. The observed agreement on the highest-weight state through sixth order indicates that the two sides encode the same quantities.

Core claim

The eigenvalues of the integrals of motion on the highest-weight state in the WE6 CFT are shown to agree with the period integrals of the WKB coefficients along the Pochhammer contour up to the sixth order.

What carries the argument

The diagonalization method for performing the WKB expansion of the ODE associated with E6^(1), followed by Pochhammer-contour integration of the WKB coefficients to generate period integrals that are matched to CFT integrals of motion.

Load-bearing premise

The WKB diagonalization method and the Pochhammer-contour integration on the ODE side correctly reproduce the same quantities that the CFT integrals of motion are supposed to match, without hidden normalization choices or truncation artifacts.

What would settle it

An explicit computation of the seventh-order term in both the period integrals and the CFT eigenvalues that shows a mismatch would falsify the claimed agreement.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: The Pochhammer contour. We will discuss the relation between Qk and the integrals of motion in CFT. For classical affine Lie algebras with low ranks, the diagonalization procedure mentioned above has been studied in [29]. In the next section, we will apply the method to the exceptional affine Lie algebra E (1) 6 , where the representation is high-dimensional. 6 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_1.png] view at source ↗
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We study the ODE/IM correspondence for the ordinary differential equation associated with the affine Lie algebra $E_6^{(1)}$. The WKB expansion of the solution of the ODE is performed by the diagonalization method, and the period integrals of the WKB coefficients along the Pochhammer contour are calculated. We also compute the integrals of motion on a cylinder in two-dimensional conformal field theory with W-symmetry associated with $E_6^{(1)}$. Their eigenvalues on the highest-weight state are shown to agree with the period integrals up to the sixth order.

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Summary. The paper studies the ODE/IM correspondence for the affine Lie algebra E_6^{(1)}. It applies the diagonalization method to perform the WKB expansion of the associated ODE, computes the period integrals of the WKB coefficients along the Pochhammer contour, and independently evaluates the integrals of motion in the WE_6 CFT on a cylinder. The eigenvalues of these integrals on the highest-weight state are shown to agree with the ODE period integrals through sixth order.

Significance. If the reported agreement holds, the work supplies a concrete perturbative verification of the ODE/IM correspondence for the E6 case, extending prior checks for lower-rank algebras. The independent evaluation on both sides (WKB periods versus direct CFT computation) is a standard and useful test in this literature, where general proofs remain unavailable.

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  1. The abstract and introduction would benefit from a brief statement of the precise normalization conventions used for the period integrals and CFT eigenvalues to facilitate direct comparison with related works on lower-rank cases.
  2. Explicit error estimates or truncation criteria for the sixth-order WKB expansion and the CFT integral evaluation should be added to strengthen the claim of agreement.

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We thank the referee for the positive summary of our manuscript and the recommendation for minor revision. No specific major comments or points requiring clarification were provided in the report. Accordingly, we see no need for changes to the current version of the paper.

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Independent computations on ODE and CFT sides; no circularity

full rationale

The paper computes the CFT integrals of motion eigenvalues on the highest-weight state directly and the ODE period integrals via WKB diagonalization plus Pochhammer contours separately, then compares them order-by-order. This is a standard perturbative verification of the ODE/IM correspondence for the E6 case. No equation reduces one side to the other by construction, no fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction, and no load-bearing self-citation chain is invoked to force the result. The agreement through sixth order is externally falsifiable and does not rely on the target claim itself.

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