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We consider mixed four-point correlators of 1/2-BPS operators $\phi_{k}$ in SCFTs with eight real Poincar\'e supercharges, namely the 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$, 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$, 5d $\mathcal{N}=1$, and 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ theories. Using the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-13 Mitchell Woolley

We study Schr\"odinger invariant field theories (nonrelativistic conformal field theories) in the large charge (particle number) sector. We do so by constructing the effective field theory (EFT) for a Goldstone boson of the associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-12 S. M. Kravec , Sridip Pal

In a four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal quiver theory with gauge group $\mathrm{SU}(N)\times\mathrm{SU}(N)$ and bi-fundamental matter, we analytically obtain the exact strong-coupling behavior of the normalized 3-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-21 M. Billo , M. Frau , A. Lerda , A. Pini , P. Vallarino

We generalize Regge theory to correlation functions in conformal field theories. This is done by exploring the analogy between Mellin amplitudes in AdS/CFT and S-matrix elements. In the process, we develop the conformal partial wave…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-24 Miguel S. Costa , Vasco Goncalves , Joao Penedones

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 study analytically the constraints of the conformal bootstrap on the low-lying spectrum of operators in field theories with global conformal symmetry in one and two spacetime dimensions. We introduce a new class of linear functionals…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Dalimil Mazac

The weak gravity conjecture has been invoked to conjecture that the dimensions of charged operators in a CFT should obey a superadditivity relation (sometimes referred to as convexity). In this paper, we study superadditivity of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-24 Timothy Cohen , Ipak Fadakar , Andrew Gomes , Alexander Monin , Riccardo Rattazzi

We revisit the study of the maximally singular point in the Coulomb branch of 4d N=2 SU(N) gauge theory with N_f=2n flavors for N_f<2N. When n >= 2, we find that the low-energy physics is described by two non-trivial superconformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-01-27 Davide Gaiotto , Nathan Seiberg , Yuji Tachikawa

Recently D'Hoker et al. (1999) computed 4-point correlation functions of axion and dilaton fields in type IIB SUGRA on AdS_5 x S^5. We reproduce from a CFT point of view all power law singular terms in these AdS 4-point amplitudes. We also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Christopher P. Herzog

Superconformal transformations are derived for the $\N=2,4 supermultiplets corresponding to the simplest chiral primary operators. These are applied to two, three and four point correlation functions. When $\N=4$, results are obtained for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 F. A. Dolan , H. Osborn

We study (non-renormalizable) five dimensional supersymmetric field theories. The theories are parametrized by quark masses and a gauge coupling. We derive the metric on the Coulomb branch exactly. We use stringy considerations to learn…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-15 Nathan Seiberg

Any N=2 superconformal field theory (SCFT) in four dimensions has a sector of operators related to a two-dimensional chiral algebra containing a Virasoro sub-algebra. Moreover, there are well-known examples of isolated SCFTs whose chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Matthew Buican , Takahiro Nishinaka

We find an infinite family of $4D$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ interacting superconformal field theories which enter the description of the strong-coupling limit of $SU(2N+1)$ gauge theories with hypermultiplets in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Oscar Chacaltana , Jacques Distler , Anderson Trimm

We discuss several aspects of superconformal field theories in four dimensions (CFT_4), in the context of electric-magnetic duality. We analyse the behaviour of anomalous currents under RG flow to a conformal fixed point in N=1, D=4…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Anselmi , M. Grisaru , A. Johansen

We apply bootstrap techniques in order to constrain the CFT data of the $(A_1,A_2)$ Argyres-Douglas theory, which is arguably the simplest of the Argyres-Douglas models. We study the four-point function of its single Coulomb branch chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Martina Cornagliotto , Madalena Lemos , Pedro Liendo

We study non-planar corrections in two special $\mathcal N=2$ superconformal $SU(N)$ gauge theories that are planar-equivalent to $\mathcal N=4$ SYM theory: two-nodes quiver model with equal couplings and $\mathcal N=2$ vector multiplet…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 M. Beccaria , G. P. Korchemsky , A. A. Tseytlin

We compute correlators of two heavy and two light operators in the strong coupling and large $c$ limit of the D1D5 CFT which is dual to weakly coupled AdS$_3$ gravity. The light operators have dimension two and are scalar descendants of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 Alessandro Bombini , Andrea Galliani , Stefano Giusto , Emanuele Moscato , Rodolfo Russo

Using polarization spinor methods in conjunction with the superspace formalism, we construct 3-point superconformal invariants that are used to determine the form of 3-point correlators of spinning superfield operators in $\mathcal{N}=1$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-24 Aditya Jain , Amin A. Nizami

This work explores holographic correlators within the frameworks of two-dimensional Boundary Conformal Field Theory (BCFT) and Crosscap Conformal Field Theory (XCFT). Utilizing the AdS/CFT correspondence, we compute stress tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-13 Yun-Ze Li , Yunfei Xie , Song He

We study correlators of R-symmetry currents in the Coulomb branch of N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theory in the large-N limit, using the AdS/CFT correspondence. In particular, we consider gauge fields in the presence of gravity and scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Andreas Brandhuber , Konstadinos Sfetsos