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Using conformal field theoretic methods we calculate correlation functions of geometric observables in the loop representation of the O(n) model at the critical point. We focus on correlation functions containing twist operators, combining…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-06-10 Jacob J. H. Simmons , John Cardy

We derive general bounds on operator dimensions, central charges, and OPE coefficients in 4D conformal and N=1 superconformal field theories. In any CFT containing a scalar primary phi of dimension d we show that crossing symmetry of <phi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-09 David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

In conformal field theory in Minkowski momentum space, the 3-point correlation functions of local operators are completely fixed by symmetry. Using Ward identities together with the existence of a Lorentzian operator product expansion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-24 Marc Gillioz

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

Conformally soft operators and their associated soft theorems on the celestial sphere encode the low energy behaviour of bulk scattering amplitudes. They lead to an infinite dimensional symmetry algebra of the celestial CFT at tree-level.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-18 Rishabh Bhardwaj , Akshay Yelleshpur Srikant

The Weak Gravity Conjecture has recently been re-formulated in terms of a particle with non-negative self-binding energy. Because of the dual conformal field theory (CFT) formulation in the anti-de Sitter space the conformal dimension…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-19 Oleg Antipin , Jahmall Bersini , Francesco Sannino , Zhi-Wei Wang , Chen Zhang

The critical behavior of infinite families of shift symmetric interacting theories with higher derivative kinetic terms (non unitary) is considered. Single scalar theories with shift symmetry are classified according to their upper critical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 Mahmoud Safari , Andreas Stergiou , Gian Paolo Vacca , Omar Zanusso

The model of dense lattice polymers is studied as an example of non-unitary Conformal Field Theory (CFT) with $c=-2$. ``Antisymmetric'' correlation functions of the model are proved to be given by the generalized Kirchhoff theorem.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Ivashkevich

Conformal Quantum Field Theories (CFT) in 1 or 1+1 spacetime dimensions (respectively called chiral and full CFTs) admit several "axiomatic" (mathematically rigorous and model-independent) formulations. In this note, we deal with the von…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Luca Giorgetti

It is shown explicitly that the correlation functions of Conformal Field Theories (CFT) with the logarithmic operators are invariant under the differential realization of Borel subalgebra of $\W_\infty$-algebra. This algebra is constructed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Shafiekhani , M. R. Rahimi Tabar

Carrollian conformal field theory offers an alternative description of massless scattering amplitudes, that is holographic in nature. In an effort to build a framework that is both predictive and constraining, we construct operator product…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Kevin Nguyen , Jakob Salzer

In this paper, we first study the consequence of spacetime translations and Lorentz transformations on Celestial CFT OPEs. Working with the light transforms of the operators belonging to the modified Mellin basis, we found that the leading…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-31 Sourish Banerjee , Rudranil Basu , Sayali Atul Bhatkar

We prove that every unitary two-dimensional conformal field theory (with no extended chiral algebra, and with central charges $c_L, c_R > 1$) contains a primary operator with dimension $\Delta_1$ that satisfies $0 < \Delta_1 < (c_L +…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-10 Simeon Hellerman

Representations of the (Lorentz) conformal group with the soft operators as highest weight vectors have two universal properties, which we clearly state in this paper. Given a soft operator with a certain dimension and spin, the first…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-18 Shamik Banerjee , Pranjal Pandey

We apply the average null energy condition to obtain upper bounds on the three-point function coefficients of stress tensors and a scalar operator, $\langle TT {\cal O } \rangle,$ in general CFTs. We also constrain the gravitational anomaly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-12-06 Clay Cordova , Juan Maldacena , Gustavo J. Turiaci

We describe in detail the method used in our previous work arXiv:1611.10344 to study the Wilson-Fisher critical points nearby generalized free CFTs, exploiting the analytic structure of conformal blocks as functions of the conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Ferdinando Gliozzi , Andrea L. Guerrieri , Anastasios C. Petkou , Congkao Wen

Starting from the defining two-point and three-point functions of Celestial CFTs, Euclidean integral blocks are constructed for the OPE of scalar primaries. In their integral form they can alternatively be fixed using Poincar\'e symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-31 Alfredo Guevara

In the Unitarity Limit, the NN S-wave binding energies are zero, the scattering lengths infinite, Physics is universal, i.e. insensitive to details of the interactions, and observables display richer symmetries, namely invariance under both…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-19 Harald W. Griesshammer

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 introduce a formalism for conformal field theory in four dimensions: a symplectic bi-Grassmannian representation of CFT$_4$ Wightman correlators. Working in Klein space with off-shell spinor-helicity variables, we show that correlators…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-11 Aswini Bala , Sachin Jain , Dhruva K. S