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Correlators in symmetric orbifold CFTs are given by a finite sum of admissible branched covers of the 2d spacetime. We consider a Gross-Mende like limit where all operators have large twist, and show that the corresponding branched covers…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 Matthias R. Gaberdiel , Rajesh Gopakumar , Bob Knighton , Pronobesh Maity

What is the space of weakly-coupled, gravitational theories which contain massive, higher-spin particles? This class of theories is highly constrained and it is conjectured their ultraviolet completion must be string theory. We provide more…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-24 David Meltzer

We consider unitary CFTs with continuous global symmetries in $d>2$. We consider a state created by the lightest operator of large charge $Q \gg 1$ and analyze the correlator of two light charged operators in this state. We assume that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-13 Daniel Jafferis , Baur Mukhametzhanov , Alexander Zhiboedov

We propose a new entry within the dictionary of the AdS/CFT duality at strong coupling: in the limit of a large spin or a large R-charge, the anomalous dimension of the gauge theory operator dual to a semiclassical rotating string is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Nelson R. F. Braga , Edmond Iancu

We constrain the spectrum of $\mathcal{N}=(1, 1)$ and $\mathcal{N}=(2, 2)$ superconformal field theories in two-dimensions by requiring the NS-NS sector partition function to be invariant under the $\Gamma_\theta$ congruence subgroup of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 Jin-Beom Bae , Sungjay Lee , Jaewon Song

We formulate a closed set of equations for the spectrum of two-dimensional bi-scalar fishnet conformal field theory, comprising Baxter equations and quantisation conditions, which we derive operatorially from the underlying sl(2) spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-03 Simon Ekhammar , Nikolay Gromov , Fedor Levkovich-Maslyuk , Paul Ryan

The operator product expansion (OPE) in 4d (super)conformal field theory is of broad interest, for both formal and phenomenological applications. In this paper, we use conformal perturbation theory to study the OPE of nearly-free fields…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Daniel Green , David Shih

We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a Conformal Field Theory to have a description in terms of a perturbative Effective Field Theory in AdS. The first two conditions are well-known: the existence of a perturbative `1/N'…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Jared Kaplan

These lectures give an introduction to duality in Quantum Field Theory. We discuss the phases of gauge theories and the implications of the electric-magnetic duality transformation to describe the mechanism of confinement. We review the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Luis Alvarez-Gaume , Frederic Zamora

Considering theories in sectors of large global charge $Q$ results in a semiclassical effective field theory (EFT) description for some strongly-coupled conformal field theories (CFTs) with continuous global symmetries. Hence, when studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Orestis Loukas , Domenico Orlando , Susanne Reffert , Debajyoti Sarkar

We briefly review the status quo of the application of integrable systems techniques to the AdS/CFT correspondence in the large charge approximation, a rapidly evolving topic. Intricate string and gauge computations of, respectively,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Arutyunov , M. Staudacher

We present a set of functional equations defining the anomalous dimensions of arbitrary local single trace operators in planar N=4 SYM theory. It takes the form of a Y-system based on the integrability of the dual superstring sigma-model on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-17 Nikolay Gromov , Vladimir Kazakov , Pedro Vieira

We derive constraints on the operator product expansion of two stress tensors in conformal field theories (CFTs), both generic and holographic. We point out that in large $N$ CFTs with a large gap to single-trace higher spin operators, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 David Meltzer , Eric Perlmutter

We conjecture the Quantum Spectral Curve equations for string theory on $AdS_3 \times S^3 \times T^4$ with RR charge and its CFT$_2$ dual. We show that in the large-length regime, under additional mild assumptions, the QSC reproduces the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-09 Andrea Cavaglià , Nikolay Gromov , Bogdan Stefański , jr. , Alessandro Torrielli

In this letter, we discuss certain universal predictions of the large charge expansion in conformal field theories with $U(1)$ symmetry, mainly focusing on four-dimensional theories. We show that, while in three dimensions quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-15 Gabriel Cuomo

We examine the behavior of the entanglement asymmetry in the ground state of a (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory with a boundary condition that explicitly breaks a bulk symmetry. Our focus is on the asymmetry of a subsystem $A$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Michele Fossati , Colin Rylands , Pasquale Calabrese

We study the symmetry resolution of the entanglement entropy of an interval in two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs), by relating the bipartition to the geometry of an annulus with conformal boundary conditions. In the presence of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-21 Giuseppe Di Giulio , René Meyer , Christian Northe , Henri Scheppach , Suting Zhao

Using the large-charge expansion, we prove a necessary condition for a CFT to exhibit conformal symmetry breaking, under the assumption that a continuous global symmetry is ${\it also}$ broken on the moduli space: there must be a tower of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-07 Gabriel Cuomo , Leonardo Rastelli , Adar Sharon

In this paper, we use crossing symmetry and unitarity constraints to put a lower bound on the central charge of conformal field theories in large space-time dimensions $D$. Specifically, we work with the four-point function of identical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 Abhijit Gadde , Mrunmay Jagadale , Shraiyance Jain , Trakshu Sharma

One of the main topics in the modern String Theory are the AdS/CFT dualities. Proving such conjectures is extremely difficult since the gauge and string theory perturbative regimes do not overlap. In this perspective, the discovery of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti