The $\mathcal{W}$-algebra bootstrap of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories
Abstract
6d (2,0) SCFTs of type have protected subsectors that were conjectured in arxiv:1404.1079 to be captured by algebras. We write down the crossing equations for mixed four-point functions of 1/2-BPS operators in 6d (2,0) theories and detail how a certain twist reduces this system to a 2d meromorphic CFT multi-correlator bootstrap problem. We identify the relevant 6d (2,0) -algebras of type as truncations of and solve OPE associativity conditions for their structure constants, both using and the holomorphic bootstrap of arxiv:1503.07111. With this, we solve the multi-correlator bootstrap for twisted 6d four-point correlators involving all up to and extract closed-form expressions for 6d OPE coefficients. We describe the implications of our CFT data on conformal Regge trajectories of the (2,0) theories and finally, demonstrate the consistency of our results with protected higher-derivative corrections to graviton scattering in M-theory on .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.08094,
title = {The $\mathcal{W}$-algebra bootstrap of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories},
author = {Mitchell Woolley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.08094},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
55 pages, 1 Mathematica notebook. v1: Comments are welcome. v2: References added and submitted for publication. v3: Added clarifications of 6d data extraction and the filtration ambiguity, and more references. v4: Matches published version. v5: Another clarification