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arxiv 2108.01060 v2 pith:W4FANJVP submitted 2021-08-02 hep-th

Classifying three-character RCFTs with Wronskian Index equalling 0 or 2

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In the modular linear differential equation (MLDE) approach to classifying rational conformal field theories (RCFTs) both the MLDE and the RCFT are identified by a pair of non-negative integers $\textbf{[n,l]}$. $\mathbf{n}$ is the number of characters of the RCFT as well as the order of the MLDE that the characters solve and $\mathbf{l}$, the Wronskian index, is associated to the structure of the zeroes of the Wronskian of the characters. In this paper, we study $\textbf{[3,0]}$ and $\textbf{[3,2]}$ MLDEs in order to classify the corresponding CFTs. We reduce the problem to a "finite" problem: to classify CFTs with central charge $ 0 < c \leq 96$, we need to perform $6,720$ computations for the former and $20,160$ for the latter. Each computation involves (i) first finding a simultaneous solution to a pair of Diophantine equations and (ii) computing Fourier coefficients to a high order and checking for positivity. In the $\textbf{[3,0]}$ case, for $ 0 < c \leq 96$, we obtain many character-like solutions: two infinite classes and a discrete set of $303$. After accounting for various categories of known solutions, including Virasoro minimal models, WZW CFTs, Franc-Mason vertex operator algebras and Gaberdiel-Hampapura-Mukhi novel coset CFTs, we seem to have seven hitherto unknown character-like solutions which could potentially give new CFTs. We also classify $\textbf{[3,2]}$ CFTs for $ 0 < c \leq 96$: each CFT in this case is obtained by adjoining a constant character to a $\textbf{[2,0]}$ CFT, whose classification was achieved by Mathur-Mukhi-Sen three decades ago.

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