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Scalar Modular Bootstrap and Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function

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arxiv 2208.02259 v2 pith:FJBSTNM3 submitted 2022-08-03 hep-th

Scalar Modular Bootstrap and Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function

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Using the technology of harmonic analysis, we derive a crossing equation that acts only on the scalar primary operators of any two-dimensional conformal field theory with $U(1)^c$ symmetry. From this crossing equation, we derive bounds on the scalar gap of all such theories. Rather remarkably, our crossing equation contains information about all nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function. As a result, we rephrase the Riemann hypothesis purely as a statement about the asymptotic density of scalar operators in certain two-dimensional conformal field theories. We discuss generalizations to theories with only Virasoro symmetry.

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