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We construct an N=1 theory with gauge group U(nN) and degree n+1 tree level superpotential whose matrix model spectral curve develops an A_{n+1} Argyres-Douglas singularity. We evaluate the coupling constants of the low-energy U(1)^n theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Gaetano Bertoldi

We consider asymptotically free gauge theories with gauge group $SU(N_c)$ and $N_f$ quarks with mass $m_q\ll \Lambda_{\text{QCD}}$ that undergo chiral symmetry breaking and confinement. We propose a bootstrap method to compute the S-matrix…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-05 Yifei He , Martin Kruczenski

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

The quasiconformal method provides us with a unified approach to the construction of minimal unitary representations (minrep) of noncompact groups, their deformations as well as their supersymmetric extensions. We review the quasiconformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Murat Gunaydin

We analyze the constraints imposed by unitarity and crossing symmetry on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiplet of ${\cal N}=8$ superconformal field theories in three dimensions. We first derive the superconformal blocks by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Shai M. Chester , Jaehoon Lee , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

We consider matrix quantum mechanics with multiple bosonic matrices, including those obtained from dimensional reduction of Yang-Mills theories. Using the matrix bootstrap, we study simple observables like $\langle \mathop{tr} X^2 \rangle$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-22 Henry W. Lin , Zechuan Zheng

We introduce a non-unitary-compatible numerical bootstrap strategy based on the statistical stability of OPE data inferred from crossing at multiple cross-ratios. For a trial spectrum, crossing determines OPE coefficients whose residual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-24 Yu-tin Huang , Shao-Cheng Lee , Henry Liao , Justinas Rumbutis

We use a combination of perturbation theory, holography, supersymmetric localization, integrability, and numerical conformal bootstrap methods to constrain the energy-energy correlator in $\text{SU}(N_c)$ ${\mathcal N}=4$ SYM at finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Ross Dempsey , Robin Karlsson , Silviu S. Pufu , Zahra Zahraee , Alexander Zhiboedov

We investigate the heavy-light four-point function up to double-stress-tensor, supplementing 1910.06357. By using the OPE coefficients of lowest-twist double-stress-tensor in the literature, we find the Regge behavior for lowest-twist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-15 Yue-Zhou Li , Hao-Yu Zhang

We develop new tools for isolating CFTs using the numerical bootstrap. A "cutting surface" algorithm for scanning OPE coefficients makes it possible to find islands in high-dimensional spaces. Together with recent progress in large-scale…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-06 Shai M. Chester , Walter Landry , Junyu Liu , David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin , Ning Su , Alessandro Vichi

The Coulomb branch of 3-dimensional N=4 gauge theories is the space of bare and dressed BPS monopole operators. We utilise the conformal dimension to define a fan which, upon intersection with the weight lattice of a GNO-dual group, gives…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling

We use the coupled cluster method (CCM) to study the ground-state properties and lowest-lying triplet excited state of the spin-half {\it XXZ} antiferromagnet on the square lattice. The CCM is applied to it to high orders of approximation…

Using duality in optimization theory we formulate a dual approach to the S-matrix bootstrap that provides rigorous bounds to 2D QFT observables as a consequence of unitarity, crossing symmetry and analyticity of the scattering matrix. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Andrea L Guerrieri , Alexandre Homrich , Pedro Vieira

We investigate the non-BPS realm of 3d ${\cal N} = 4$ superconformal field theory by uniting the non-perturbative methods of the conformal bootstrap and supersymmetric localization, and utilizing special features of 3d ${\cal N} = 4$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-08 Chi-Ming Chang , Martin Fluder , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Shu-Heng Shao , Yifan Wang

A two-dimensional Sp($2N$) vector model with small $\mathcal{N}=4$ superconformal symmetry is formulated, and its chiral algebra is shown to be generated by superprimary fields of even conformal weight. This vector model is the large level…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Kevin Ferreira

In this second installment of a series of two papers on the $\tfrac{1}{2}$-BPS Wilson line defect CFT in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills, we focus on dynamical aspects of the theory, in particular studying four-point functions with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-03 Pietro Ferrero , Carlo Meneghelli

We probe for statistical and Coulomb induced spin textures among the low-lying states of repulsively-interacting particles confined to potentials that are both rotationally and time-reversal invariant. In particular, we focus on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-08 Catherine J. Stevenson , Jordan Kyriakidis

We study scattering on the Coulomb branch of planar ${\mathcal{N}}=4$ SYM at finite 't Hooft coupling. This setup defines a family of classical open-string S-matrices that smoothly interpolates between perturbative parton scattering at weak…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-24 Luis F. Alday , Elisabetta Armanini , Kelian Häring , Alexander Zhiboedov

The standard prescription for computing Wilson loops in the AdS/CFT correspondence in the large coupling regime and tree-level involves minimizing the string action. In many cases the action has more than one saddle point as in the simple…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Nadav Drukker

We study chiral algebras associated with Argyres-Douglas theories engineered from M5 brane. For the theory engineered using 6d $(2,0)$ type $J$ theory on a sphere with a single irregular singularity (without mass parameter), its chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Dan Xie , Wenbin Yan , Shing-Tung Yau