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We generalize the embedding formalism for conformal field theories to the case of general operators with mixed symmetry. The index-free notation encoding symmetric tensors as polynomials in an auxiliary polarization vector is extended to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-03 Miguel S. Costa , Tobias Hansen

We show how to compute conformal blocks of operators in arbitrary Lorentz representations using the formalism described in arXiv:1905.00036 and arXiv:1905.00434, and present several explicit examples of blocks derived via this method. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-25 Jean-François Fortin , Valentina Prilepina , Witold Skiba

Conformal blocks are the building blocks for correlation functions in conformal field theories. The four-point function is the most well-studied case. We consider conformal blocks for $n$-point correlation functions. For conformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Vladimir Rosenhaus

We study the momentum-space 4-point correlation function of identical scalar operators in conformal field theory. Working specifically with null momenta, we show that its imaginary part admits an expansion in conformal blocks. The blocks…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-29 Marc Gillioz

We use the embedding formalism to construct conformal fields in $D$ dimensions, by restricting Lorentz-invariant ensembles of homogeneous neural networks in $(D+2)$ dimensions to the projective null cone. Conformal correlators may be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-07 James Halverson , Joydeep Naskar , Jiahua Tian

We introduce a full set of rules to directly express all $M$-point conformal blocks in one- and two-dimensional conformal field theories, irrespective of the topology. The $M$-point conformal blocks are power series expansion in some…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-17 Jean-François Fortin , Wen-Jie Ma , Witold Skiba

The requirements of conformal invariance for two and three point functions for general dimension $d$ on flat space are investigated. A compact group theoretic construction of the three point function for arbitrary spin fields is presented…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Osborn , A. Petkos

The calculation of both spinor and tensor Green's functions in four-dimensional conformally invariant field theories can be greatly simplified by six-dimensional methods. For this purpose, four-dimensional fields are constructed as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Steven Weinberg

We introduce a large class of conformally-covariant differential operators and a crossing equation that they obey. Together, these tools dramatically simplify calculations involving operators with spin in conformal field theories. As an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Denis Karateev , Petr Kravchuk , David Simmons-Duffin

We derive closed-form expressions for all ingredients of the Zamolodchikov-like recursion relation for general spinning conformal blocks in 3-dimensional conformal field theory. This result opens a path to efficient automatic generation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Rajeev S. Erramilli , Luca V. Iliesiu , Petr Kravchuk

We examine the question of scale versus conformal invariance on maximally symmetric curved backgrounds and study general 2-derivative conformally invariant free theories of vectors and tensors. For spacetime dimension $D>4$, these conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-15 Kara Farnsworth , Kurt Hinterbichler , Ondrej Hulik

We consider conformal field theories around points of large twist degeneracy. Examples of this are theories with weakly broken higher spin symmetry and perturbations around generalised free fields. At the degenerate point we introduce twist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-20 Luis F. Alday

In this paper we develop further the relation between conformal four-point blocks involving external spinning fields and Calogero-Sutherland quantum mechanics with matrix-valued potentials. To this end, the analysis of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-09 Volker Schomerus , Evgeny Sobko

We analyze the constraints on the general form and the singularity structure of the correlation functions of the symmetric, traceless and conserved stress-energy tensor implied by conformal invariance and higher spin symmetry in four…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Yassen S. Stanev

A simple realization of the conformal higher spin symmetry on the free $3d$ massless matter fields is given in terms of an auxiliary Fock module both in the flat and $AdS_3$ case. The duality between non-unitary field-theoretical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 O. V. Shaynkman , M. A. Vasiliev

We classify and compute, by means of the six-dimensional embedding formalism in twistor space, all possible three-point functions in four dimensional conformal field theories involving bosonic or fermionic operators in irreducible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-26 Emtinan Elkhidir , Denis Karateev , Marco Serone

We study the conformal bootstrap for a 4-point function of fermions $\langle\psi\psi\psi\psi\rangle$ in 3D. We first introduce an embedding formalism for 3D spinors and compute the conformal blocks appearing in fermion 4-point functions.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-08 Luca Iliesiu , Filip Kos , David Poland , Silviu S. Pufu , David Simmons-Duffin , Ran Yacoby

Using equivariant localization formulas we give a formula for conformal blocks at level one on the sphere as suitable polynomials. Using this presentation we give a generating set in the space of conformal blocks at any level if the marked…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-11-18 R. Rimanyi , A. Varchenko

We consider 5-point functions in conformal field theories in d > 2 dimensions. Using weight-shifting operators, we derive recursion relations which allow for the computation of arbitrary conformal blocks appearing in 5-point functions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-23 David Poland , Valentina Prilepina

We review the relation between the "embedding" formalism and spinorial projective space. The latter is more convenient when treating spin (and indispensable for supersymmetry), as it maintains manifest conformal symmetry while using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-05-02 W. Siegel