CFT Constraints on Parity-odd Interactions with Axions and Dilatons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2024-12-03 v2
Abstract
We illustrate how the conformal Ward identities (CWIs) in momentum space completely determine the structure of a parity-odd 3-point correlator involving currents, energy momentum tensors and at least one scalar operator in . Conformal invariance fixes almost all such possible correlators to vanish. The only exceptions are given by the and the which in momentum-space are protected by chiral and conformal anomalies. Specifically, one can obtain a non-vanishing solution by considering scalar operators such as , or their shadow transforms. We comment on the implications of these results that constrain the coupling of axions and dilatons in a conformal phase of the early universe.
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@article{arxiv.2408.02580,
title = {CFT Constraints on Parity-odd Interactions with Axions and Dilatons},
author = {Claudio Corianó and Stefano Lionetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.02580},
year = {2024}
}
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22 pages, published version