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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

We find a simple relation between two-dimensional BPS N=2 superconformal blocks and bosonic Virasoro conformal blocks, which allows us to analyze the crossing equations for BPS 4-point functions in unitary (2,2) superconformal theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Ying-Hsuan Lin , Shu-Heng Shao , Yifan Wang , Xi Yin

We use supershadow methods to derive new expressions for superconformal blocks in 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories. We analyze the four-point function $\langle\mathcal{A}_1 \mathcal{A}_2^\dagger \mathcal{B}_1…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-05 Zuhair U. Khandker , Daliang Li , David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

We study analytically the constraints of the conformal bootstrap on the low-lying spectrum of operators in field theories with global conformal symmetry in one and two spacetime dimensions. We introduce a new class of linear functionals…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Dalimil Mazac

We combine supersymmetric localization and the conformal bootstrap to study five-dimensional superconformal field theories. To begin, we classify the admissible counter-terms and derive a general relation between the five-sphere partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-28 Chi-Ming Chang , Martin Fluder , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Yifan Wang

We initiate the conformal bootstrap study of Quantum Electrodynamics in $2+1$ space-time dimensions (QED$_{3}$) with $N$ flavors of charged fermions by focusing on the 4-point function of four monopole operators with the lowest unit of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Shai M. Chester , Silviu S. Pufu

We analyse the critical behaviour of anomalous currents in N=1 four-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories in the context of electric-magnetic duality. We show that the anomalous dimension of the Konishi superfield is related to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Johansen

We construct a new $N=4$ non-semisimple gauged supergravity in three dimensions with $E_{6(2)}/SU(6)\times SU(2)$ scalar manifold and $SO(4)\ltimes \mathbf{T}^6$ gauge group. Depending on the values of the gauge coupling constants, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-24 Parinya Karndumri

We show that the large $N$ limit of certain conformal field theories in various dimensions include in their Hilbert space a sector describing supergravity on the product of Anti-deSitter spacetimes, spheres and other compact manifolds. This…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Juan M. Maldacena

We study the conformal bootstrap for 3D CFTs with O(N) global symmetry. We obtain rigorous upper bounds on the scaling dimensions of the first O(N) singlet and symmetric tensor operators appearing in the $\phi_i \times \phi_j$ OPE, where…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-16 Filip Kos , David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

The superspace formulation of N=1 conformal supergravity in four dimensions is demonstrated to be equivalent to the conventional component field approach based on the superconformal tensor calculus. The detailed correspondence between two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-10 Taichiro Kugo , Ryo Yokokura , Koichi Yoshioka

We apply the numerical conformal bootstrap to correlators of Coulomb and Higgs branch operators in $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal theories. We start by revisiting previous results on single correlators of Coulomb branch operators. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Aleix Gimenez-Grau , Pedro Liendo

We use the conformal bootstrap to study conformal field theories with $O(N)$ global symmetry in $d=5$ and $d=5.95$ spacetime dimensions that have a scalar operator $\phi_i$ transforming as an $O(N)$ vector. The crossing symmetry of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-06 Shai M. Chester , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

We present a new and asymmetric N=4 superconformal algebra for arbitrary central charge, thus completing our recent work on its classical analogue with vanishing central charge. Besides the Virasoro generator and 4 supercurrents, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Jorgen Rasmussen

There has been recent interest in the question of whether four dimensional scale invariant unitary quantum field theories are actually conformally invariant. In this note we present a complete analysis of possible scale anomalies in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-24 Adam Bzowski , Kostas Skenderis

We consider the correlation functions of Coulomb branch operators in four-dimensional N=2 Superconformal Field Theories (SCFTs) involving exactly one anti-chiral operator. These extremal correlators are the "minimal" non-holomorphic local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-26 Efrat Gerchkovitz , Jaume Gomis , Nafiz Ishtiaque , Avner Karasik , Zohar Komargodski , Silviu S. Pufu

We perform a comprehensive perturbative study of the operator spectrum in multi-scalar theories with hypercubic global symmetry. This includes working out symmetry representations and their corresponding tensor structures. These structures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-22 Alexander Bednyakov , Johan Henriksson , Stefanos R. Kousvos

We consider the role of N=4 conformal supergravity in the relation between N=4 SYM theory and D=5 gauged supergravity expanded near the Anti de Sitter background. We discuss the structure of the SYM effective action in conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 Hong Liu , A. A. Tseytlin

We report some recent progress in the computation of the n-point correlation functions of conserved currents in a class of four dimensional conformal field theories with higher spin symmetry. Global conformal invariance leads to very strong…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-12 Yassen S. Stanev

We use the conformal bootstrap to perform a precision study of the operator spectrum of the critical 3d Ising model. We conjecture that the 3d Ising spectrum minimizes the central charge c in the space of unitary solutions to crossing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-04 Sheer El-Showk , Miguel F. Paulos , David Poland , Slava Rychkov , David Simmons-Duffin , Alessandro Vichi