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We show how to construct embedding space three-point functions for operators in arbitrary Lorentz representations by employing the formalism developed in arXiv:1905.00036 and arXiv:1905.00434. We study tensor structures that intertwine the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-22 Jean-François Fortin , Valentina Prilepina , Witold Skiba

We compute in closed analytical form the minimal set of "seed" conformal blocks associated to the exchange of generic mixed symmetry spinor/tensor operators in an arbitrary representation (l,\bar l) of the Lorentz group in four dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-13 Alejandro Castedo Echeverri , Emtinan Elkhidir , Denis Karateev , Marco Serone

General principles of quantum field theory imply that there exists an operator product expansion (OPE) for Wightman functions in Minkowski momentum space that converges for arbitrary kinematics. This convergence is guaranteed to hold in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-01 Marc Gillioz , Xiaochuan Lu , Markus A. Luty , Guram Mikaberidze

We give a recursive method to compute the classical conformal blocks in Liouville field theory. The values of the expansion coefficients are given by an algebraic scheme which works to all orders. The algebraic expression of the intervening…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-23 Pietro Menotti

We continue our study on counting irreducible polynomials over a finite field with prescribed coefficients. We set up a general combinatorial framework using generating functions with coefficients from a group algebra which is generated by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Zhicheng Gao , Simon Kuttner , Qiang Wang

We present a systematic method for constructing lattice QCD operators for systems of an arbitrary number of particles with arbitrary momentum, spin, and internal quantum numbers. Explicit constructions are provided for one-, two-, three-,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-10-28 Haobo Yan , Chuan Liu , Liuming Liu , Yu Meng

We present a factorized decomposition of 4-point scalar conformal blocks near the lightcone, which applies to arbitrary intermediate spin and general spacetime dimensions. Then we discuss the systematic expansion in large intermediate spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-20 Wenliang Li

We discuss a correlation function factorization, which relates a three-point function to the square root of three two-point functions. This factorization is known to hold for certain scaling operators at the two-dimensional percolation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jacob J. H. Simmons , Peter Kleban

Generic Painlev\'e VI tau function \tau(t) can be interpreted as four-point correlator of primary fields of arbitrary dimensions in 2D CFT with c=1. Using AGT combinatorial representation of conformal blocks and determining the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-19 O. Gamayun , N. Iorgov , O. Lisovyy

We uncover a striking connection between conformal blocks and fractional calculus. By employing a modified form of half-derivates, we derived explicitly the exact form of the three-dimensional conformal block, expressed as the product of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-18 Chaoming Song

Invariant theory provides more efficient tools, such as Molien generating functions and integrity bases, than basic group theory, that relies on projector techniques for the construction of symmetry--adapted polynomials in the symmetry…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-15 Patrick Cassam-Chenaï , Guillaume Dhont , Frédéric Patras

We classify and compute, by means of the six-dimensional embedding formalism in twistor space, all possible three-point functions in four dimensional conformal field theories involving bosonic or fermionic operators in irreducible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-26 Emtinan Elkhidir , Denis Karateev , Marco Serone

In $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal theories in four dimensions the two-point function of superconformal multiplets is known up to an overall constant. A superconformal multiplet contains several conformal primary operators, whose two-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-08 Daliang Li , Andreas Stergiou

In this paper, we Fourier transform the Wightman function concerning energy and angular momentum on the $S^{D-1}$ spatial slice in radial quantization in $D=2,3$ dimensions. In each case, we use the conformal Ward Identities to solve…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-28 Kanade Nishikawa

Conformal field theories have been extremely useful in our quest to understand physical phenomena in many different branches of physics, starting from condensed matter all the way up to high energy. Here we discuss applications of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Elias Kokkas , Aaron Bagheri , Zhenghan Wang , George Siopsis

This note supplements an earlier paper on conformal field theories. There it was shown how to construct tensor, spinor, and spinor-tensor primary fields in four dimensions from their counterparts in six dimensions, where conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Steven Weinberg

The aim of this paper is to study a Lie conformal algebra of Block type. In this paper, conformal derivation, conformal module of rank 1 and low-dimensional comohology of the Lie conformal algebra of Block type are studied. Also, the vertex…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2016-01-28 Lamei Yuan

Logarithmic conformal field theories have a vast range of applications, from critical percolation to systems with quenched disorder. In this paper we thoroughly examine the structure of these theories based on their symmetry properties. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-22 Matthijs Hogervorst , Miguel Paulos , Alessandro Vichi

We study conformal blocks (the space of correlation functions) over compact Riemann surfaces associated to vertex operator algebras which are the sum of highest weight modules for the underlying Virasoro algebra. Under the fairly general…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Toshiyuki Abe , Kiyokazu Nagatomo

We elaborate and extend the method of Wronskian differential equations for conformal blocks to compute four-point correlation functions on the plane for classes of primary fields in rational (and possibly more general) conformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-02 Sunil Mukhi , Girish Muralidhara