New RG flows between non-Unitary CFTs from exact massless scattering theories

Abstract

We construct complete solutions of the massless S-matrix bootstrap equations describing a new infinite family of integrable RG flows from the higher-fusion-level minimal models M(3,2n+3;n) to the non-unitary Virasoro minimal models M(2,2n+3), including a flow from M(3,5) to the Yang--Lee CFT M(2,5) when n=1. We provide strong evidence for this identification by matching conformal perturbation theory around the UV fixed points with the small-volume expansion of the corresponding thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations. We further show that a family of non-invertible Verlinde defect lines is preserved along the flows.