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We consider a class of planar tree-level four-point functions in N=4 SYM in a special kinematic regime: one BMN operator with two scalar excitations and three half-BPS operators are put onto a line in configuration space; additionally, for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-22 Burkhard Eden , Alessandro Sfondrini

In this note we present a simple method of constructing general conformally invariant three point functions of operators of various spins in three dimensions. Upon further imposing current conservation conditions, we find new parity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-05 Simone Giombi , Shiroman Prakash , Xi Yin

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

We elaborate on various aspects of the conformal field theory of the symmetric orbifold. We collect various results that have appeared in the literature, and we present a coherent picture of the operator content of this CFT, relying on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-01 Konstantinos Roumpedakis

We initiate the study of four-point functions of large BPS operators at any value of the coupling. We do it by casting it as a sum over exchange of superconformal primaries and computing the structure constants using integrability. Along…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 Benjamin Basso , Frank Coronado , Shota Komatsu , Ho Tat Lam , Pedro Vieira , De-liang Zhong

We study the kinematics of correlation functions of local and extended operators in a conformal field theory. We present a new method for constructing the tensor structures associated to primary operators in an arbitrary bosonic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Edoardo Lauria , Marco Meineri , Emilio Trevisani

We compute the most general embedding space two-point function in arbitrary Lorentz representations in the context of the recently introduced formalism in arXiv:1905.00036 and arXiv:1905.00434. This work provides a first explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Jean-François Fortin , Valentina Prilepina , Witold Skiba

We numerically study the crossing symmetry constraints in 4D CFTs, using previously introduced algorithms based on semidefinite programming. We study bounds on OPE coefficients of tensor operators as a function of their scaling dimension…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Francesco Caracciolo , Alejandro Castedo Echeverri , Benedict von Harling , Marco Serone

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

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 most general operator product expansion in conformal field theory is obtained using the embedding space formalism and a new uplift for general quasi-primary operators. The uplift introduced here, based on quasi-primary operators with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-15 Jean-François Fortin , Witold Skiba

In the first part, we concentrate on CFTs in coordinate space. We lay the foundations of Conformal Field Theory and we also demonstrate a method where by using the embedding formalism we can derive up to n-point scalar conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-26 Dimosthenis Theofilopoulos

A new derivation is given of four-point functions of charge $Q$ chiral primary multiplets in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. A compact formula, valid for arbitrary $Q$, is given which is manifestly superconformal and analytic in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 P. J. Heslop , P. S. Howe

The N = 2, 4 superconformal symmetry constraints in d = 4 for four point functions of chiral primary 1/2-BPS operators are derived. The operators are described by symmetric traceless tensors of the internal R-symmetry group. A substantial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-06 Michael Nirschl

We consider conformal perturbation theory for $n$-point functions on the sphere in general 2D CFTs to first order in coupling constant. We regulate perturbation integrals using canonical hard disk excisions of size $\epsilon$ around the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-22 Benjamin A. Burrington , Ida G. Zadeh

The representation theory of tensor functions is a powerful mathematical tool for constitutive modeling of anisotropic materials. A major limitation of the traditional theory is that many point groups require fourth- or sixth-order…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Mohammad Madadi , Pu Zhang

We present a dispersion relation in conformal field theory which expresses the four point function as an integral over its single discontinuity. Exploiting the analytic properties of the OPE and crossing symmetry of the correlator, we show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Agnese Bissi , Parijat Dey , Tobias Hansen

By applying the stress-tensor-scalar operator product expansion (OPE) twice, we search for algebraic structures in $d=4$ conformal field theories (CFTs) with a pure Einstein gravity dual. We find that a rescaled mode operator defined by an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Kuo-Wei Huang

We compute spinning four point functions in the quasi-fermionic three dimensional conformal field theory with slightly broken higher spin symmetry at finite t'Hooft coupling. More concretely, we obtain a formula for $\langle j_s…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 Joao A. Silva

We study 3-point functions at finite temperature in the closed time path formalism. We give a general decomposition of the eight component tensor in terms of seven vertex functions. We derive a spectral representation for these seven…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-09 M. E. Carrington , U. Heinz