Quantum Riemannian limit conjecture for collapsing CFTs

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Consider the collapsing family of unitary conformal field theories described above, with λmin\lambda_{\min} the minimal eigenvalue of the non-negative operator L0+L0L_0+\overline{L}_0. Rescale L0+L0L_0+\overline{L}_0 by λmin1\lambda_{\min}^{-1}. A quantum Riemannian 11-space is the noncommutative geometric limit object defined in the source, and CD(0,)CD(0,\infty) denotes the stated curvature-dimension inequality for its limiting operator. Quantum Riemannian limit conjecture. After this rescaling, there is a limit of the unitary CFTs in the sense of the source's topology, which is a quantum Riemannian 11-space, such that the limiting operator LL obtained from (L0+L0)/λmin(L_0+\overline{L}_0)/\lambda_{\min} satisfies CD(0,)CD(0,\infty). This conjecture predicts that collapsed CFTs admit noncommutative Riemannian limits with non-negative Ricci curvature in the curvature-dimension sense; the source gives no resolution.

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Yan Soibelman, “Moduli space of Conformal Field Theories and non-commutative Riemannian geometry”, arXiv:2506.00896 (2025).

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