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In this paper we introduce the characteristic dimension of a four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory, which is an extraordinary simple invariant determined by the scaling dimensions of its Coulomb branch operators. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-14 Sergio Cecotti , Michele Del Zotto , Mario Martone , Robert Moscrop

The paper contributes to an ongoing effort to extend the conformal bootstrap beyond its traditional focus on systems of four-point correlation functions. Recently, it was demonstrated that semidefinite programming can be used to formulate a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-10 Sebastian Harris

We demonstrate that the Ising model on a general triangular graph with 3 distinct couplings $K_1,K_2,K_3$ corresponds to an affine transformed conformal field theory (CFT). Full conformal invariance of the $c= 1/2$ minimal CFT is restored…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Richard C. Brower , Evan K. Owen

Carrollian conformal field theories (carrollian CFTs) are natural field theories on null infinity of an asymptotically flat spacetime or, in general, geometries with conformal carrollian structure. Using a basis transformation,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-13 Jakob Salzer

We consider graviton scattering in maximal supergravity on Anti-de Sitter space (AdS) in $d+1$ dimensions for $d=3,4,\text{and $6$}$ with no extra compact spacetime factor. Holography suggests that this theory is dual to an exotic maximally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-30 Luis F. Alday , Shai M. Chester

We study four-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with an abelian $U(1)$ global symmetry using the conformal bootstrap approach. We obtain numerical bounds on the scaling dimensions of low-lying operators, the stress-tensor central…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-25 Denis Karateev , Petr Kravchuk , Andrea Manenti , Marten Reehorst , Alessandro Vichi

We use modern bootstrap techniques to study half-BPS line defects in 4d N=4 superconformal theories. Specifically, we consider the 1d CFT with OSP(4*|4) superconformal symmetry living on such a defect. Our analysis is general and based only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Pedro Liendo , Carlo Meneghelli , Vladimir Mitev

Genus two partition functions of 2d chiral conformal field theories are given by Siegel modular forms. We compute their conformal blocks and use them to perform the conformal bootstrap. The advantage of this approach is that it imposes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-18 Christoph A. Keller , Gregoire Mathys , Ida G. Zadeh

We study a general class of functionals providing an analytic handle on the conformal bootstrap equations in one dimension. We explicitly identify the extremal functionals, corresponding to theories saturating conformal bootstrap bounds, in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Dalimil Mazac , Miguel F. Paulos

We investigate $O(N)$ boundary conformal field theories (BCFTs) with boundary interactions in $d=4-\epsilon$ and $d=3-\epsilon$ employing the analytic bootstrap. By deriving universal constraints on conformal data, we show that infinitely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-29 Xinyu Sun , Shao-Kai Jian , Hong Yao

Bootstrap equations for conformal correlators that mimic the early theory of conformal bootstrap are written down in frames of the AdS/CFT approach. The simplified version of these equations, that may be justified if Schwinger-Keldysh…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-28 Boris L. Altshuler

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 use the superconformal bootstrap to derive exact relations between OPE coefficients in three-dimensional superconformal field theories with ${\cal N} \geq 4$ supersymmetry. These relations follow from a consistent truncation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Shai M. Chester , Jaehoon Lee , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

We describe in more detail our approach to the conformal bootstrap which uses the Mellin representation of $CFT_d$ four point functions and expands them in terms of crossing symmetric combinations of $AdS_{d+1}$ Witten exchange functions.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Rajesh Gopakumar , Apratim Kaviraj , Kallol Sen , Aninda Sinha

We study an ${\cal N} = 2$ supersymmetric generalization of the three-dimensional critical $O(N)$ vector model that is described by $N+1$ chiral superfields with superpotential $W = g_1 X \sum_i Z_i^2 + g_2 X^3$. By combining the tools of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 Shai M. Chester , Simone Giombi , Luca V. Iliesiu , Igor R. Klebanov , Silviu S. Pufu , Ran Yacoby

Parisi-Sourlas (PS) supersymmetry is known to emerge in some models with random field type of disorder. When PS SUSY is present the $d$-dimensional theory allows for a $d-2$-dimensional description. In this paper we investigate the reversed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-21 Emilio Trevisani

We constrain the spectrum of two-dimensional unitary, compact conformal field theories with central charge c > 1 using modular bootstrap. Upper bounds on the gap in the dimension of primary operators of any spin, as well as in the dimension…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-23 Scott Collier , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Xi Yin

The swampland program of delineating the space of effective field theories consistent with quantum gravity appears similar to the bootstrap program of delineating the space of quantum field theories consistent with conformal symmetry. With…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Joseph P. Conlon , Fernando Quevedo

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

In this work, we study the supersymmetric warped conformal field theory in two dimensions. We show that the Hofman-Strominger theorem on symmetry enhancement could be generalized to the supersymmetric case. More precisely, we find that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-30 Bin Chen , Peng-xiang Hao , Yan-jun Liu