Liouville fusion-transform conjecture for conformal blocks

Let S\mathbb S be the contour of intermediate Liouville momenta, and let Fα21s{{\mathcal F}}^s_{\alpha_{21}} and Fα32t{{\mathcal F}}^t_{\alpha_{32}} denote the s- and t-channel conformal blocks for four external momenta α1,α2,α3,α4\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\alpha_3,\alpha_4. The fusion coefficients are denoted by Fα21α32[α4α3α1α2]F_{\alpha_{21}\alpha_{32}}\bigl[{}^{\alpha_3}_{\alpha_4}{}^{\alpha_2}_{\alpha_1}\bigr]. Fusion-transform conjecture. There exist invertible fusion transformations between the s- and t-channel conformal blocks:

Fα21s[α4α3α1α2](z)=Sdα32  Fα21α32[α4α3α1α2]Fα32t[α4α3α1α2](z).{{\mathcal F}}^s_{\alpha_{21}}\bigl[{}^{\alpha_3}_{\alpha_4}{}^{\alpha_2}_{\alpha_1}\bigr]({\mathfrak z})=\int\limits_{\mathbb S}d\alpha_{32}\;F_{\alpha_{21}\alpha_{32}}\bigl[{}^{\alpha_3}_{\alpha_4}{}^{\alpha_2}_{\alpha_1}\bigr]{{\mathcal F}}^t_{\alpha_{32}}\bigl[{}^{\alpha_3}_{\alpha_4}{}^{\alpha_2}_{\alpha_1}\bigr]({\mathfrak z}).

Such transformations are the basic ingredient needed to establish locality, or crossing symmetry, of Liouville correlation functions; the source presents their existence as a fundamental assumption rather than proving it.

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B. Ponsot and J. Teschner, “Liouville bootstrap via harmonic analysis on a noncompact quantum group”, arXiv:hep-th/9911110 (1999).

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