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We study the large-charge bootstrap for conformal field theories with a U(1) symmetry extending the analysis of scalar probes to include conserved currents. We formulate the bootstrap equations and analyze their solutions assuming the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-25 Kasra Kiaee , Alexander Monin

We explore the constraining power of OPE associativity in 4D Conformal Field Theory with a continuous global symmetry group. We give a general analysis of crossing symmetry constraints in the 4-point function <Phi Phi Phi* Phi*>, where Phi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-17 Riccardo Rattazzi , Slava Rychkov , Alessandro Vichi

We analyze the chiral operator ring of the symmetric orbifold conformal field theory on the complex two-plane. We compute the large N limit of the ring and exhibit its factorized leading order behaviour. We moreover calculate all structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-16 Sujay K. Ashok , Jan Troost

We combine supersymmetric localization results with numerical bootstrap techniques to compute upper bounds on the low-lying CFT data of ${\cal N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory as a function of the complexified gauge coupling $\tau$. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-11 Shai M. Chester , Ross Dempsey , Silviu S. Pufu

In this paper, we analyze the constraints imposed by unitarity and crossing symmetry on conformal theories in large dimensions. In particular, we show that in a unitary conformal theory in large dimension $D$, the four-point function of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-25 Abhijit Gadde , Trakshu Sharma

We study the space of 3d ${\cal N} = 6$ SCFTs by combining numerical bootstrap techniques with exact results derived using supersymmetric localization. First we derive the superconformal block decomposition of the four-point function of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 Damon J. Binder , Shai M. Chester , Max Jerdee , Silviu S. Pufu

We study chiral deformations of ${\cal N}=2$ and ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric gauge theories obtained by turning on $\tau_J \,{\rm tr} \, \Phi^J$ interactions with $\Phi$ the ${\cal N}=2$ superfield. Using localization, we compute the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 F. Fucito , J. F. Morales , R. Poghossian

We propose bulk 3D N=4 rank-0 superconformal field theories, which are related to 2D N=1 supersymmetric minimal models, SM(2, ...) and SM(3, ...), via recently discovered non-unitary bulk-boundary correspondence. The correspondence relates…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-04 Seungjoo Baek , Dongmin Gang

We consider current-current correlators in 4d $\N =1$ SCFTs, and also 3d $\N =2$ SCFTs, in connection with AdS/CFT geometry. The superconformal $U(1)_R$ symmetry of the SCFT has the distinguishing property that, among all possibilities, it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Edwin Barnes , Elie Gorbatov , Ken Intriligator , Jason Wright

We show that the scaling dimensions of lowest operators in conformal field theories (CFTs) can be isolated in small and closed regions from single correlator bootstrap. We find the conserved currents play crucial roles in bootstrapping the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-11 Zhijin Li , Ning Su

We study constraints coming from the modular invariance of the partition function of two-dimensional conformal field theories. We constrain the spectrum of CFTs in the presence of holomorphic and anti-holomorphic currents using the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-05 Jin-Beom Bae , Sungjay Lee , Jaewon Song

We compute the one-point functions of chiral primary operators in the non-supersymmetric defect conformal field theory that is dual to the IIB string theory on $AdS_5\times S^5$ background with a probe D7 brane with internal gauge field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-01-24 Charlotte Kristjansen , Gordon W. Semenoff , Donovan Young

We study the chiral rings in N=2 and N=4 superconformal algebras. The chiral primary states of N=2 superconformal algebras realized over hermitian triple systems are given. Their coset spaces G/H are hermitian symmetric which can be compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Murat Gunaydin

We solve for the expectation values of chiral operators in supersymmetric U(N) gauge theories with matter in the adjoint, fundamental and anti-fundamental representations. A simple geometric picture emerges involving a description by a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-07 Freddy Cachazo , Nathan Seiberg , Edward Witten

The so-called 2d/4d correspondences connect two-dimensional conformal field theory (2d CFT), N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories and quantum integrable systems. The latter in the simplest case of the SU(2) gauge group are nothing but the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 Marcin R. Piatek , Artur R. Pietrykowski

Conformal field theories that exhibit spontaneous breaking of conformal symmetry (a moduli space of vacua) must satisfy a set of bootstrap constraints, involving the usual data (scaling dimensions and OPE coefficients) as well as new data…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-13 Gabriel Cuomo , Leonardo Rastelli , Adar Sharon

The requirements of N=1 superconformal invariance for the correlation functions of chiral superfields are analysed. Complete expressions are found for the three point function for the general spin case and for the four point function for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 F Dolan , H Osborn

We analyze four-dimensional (4d) $N=1$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs) obtained as deformations of 4d $N=2$ SCFTs on S-folds by tilting 7-branes. Geometric compatibility with the structures of S-folds constrains the forms of T-branes.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-06 Yusuke Kimura

We study three-dimensional conformal field theories with a large-$N$ limit. Leveraging the framework of slightly broken higher-spin symmetry, we bootstrap correlation functions between the single-trace, local operators and straight,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-16 Gwenaël Ferrando , Amit Sever , Elior Urisman

We analyze the constraint structure of a spin-3/2 particle interacting with a pseudoscalar. Requiring the self consistency of the considered effective field theory imposes restrictions on the possible interaction terms. In the present case…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Wies , J. Gegelia , S. Scherer