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We introduce a new numerical algorithm based on semidefinite programming to efficiently compute bounds on operator dimensions, central charges, and OPE coefficients in 4D conformal and N=1 superconformal field theories. Using our algorithm,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-31 David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin , Alessandro Vichi

To study the quantized Coulomb branch of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ unitary SQCD theories, we propose a new method to compute correlators of monopole and Casimir operators that are inserted in the $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^2_\epsilon$ Omega…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Benjamin Assel , Stefano Cremonesi , Matthew Renwick

We construct the consistent supersymmetric extensions of the operators describing the recoil of a D-brane and show that they realize an N=1 logarithmic superconformal algebra. The corresponding supersymmetric vertex operator is related to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Nick E. Mavromatos , Richard J. Szabo

We study holographic defect conformal field theories which are dual to probe branes with bottom-up methods. First we determine the embedding of codimension-1 interface branes in AdS space. Then we compute defect one and two-point functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-09 Georgios Linardopoulos , Chanyong Park

We initiate an exploration of the conformal bootstrap for $n>4$ point correlation functions. Here we bootstrap correlation functions of the lightest scalar gauge invariant operators in planar non-abelian conformal gauge theories as their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-31 Carlos Bercini , Vasco Gonçalves , Pedro Vieira

We study logarithmic conformal field theory (LogCFT) in four dimensions using conformal bootstrap techniques in the large spin limit. We focus on the constraints imposed by conformal symmetry on the four point function of certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-24 Pinaki Banerjee , Parijat Dey

It was recently shown that IIB supergravity on AdS$_5\times$S$^5$ enjoys 10d conformal symmetry and that superstring theory on this background can be described using a 10d scalar effective field theory. In this paper we adapt these two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-30 Theresa Abl , Paul Heslop , Arthur E. Lipstein

We numerically study the crossing symmetry constraints in 4D CFTs, using previously introduced algorithms based on semidefinite programming. We study bounds on OPE coefficients of tensor operators as a function of their scaling dimension…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Francesco Caracciolo , Alejandro Castedo Echeverri , Benedict von Harling , Marco Serone

Three-dimensional Chern-Simons vector models display an approximate higher spin symmetry in the large $N$ limit. Their single-trace operators consist of a tower of weakly broken currents, as well as a scalar $\sigma$ of approximate twist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Ofer Aharony , Luis F. Alday , Agnese Bissi , Ran Yacoby

We demonstrate that simple feed-forward neural networks (NNs) can accurately compute correlation functions of conformal field theories (CFTs) on a line. Strikingly, by optimising a NN solely on crossing symmetry and providing only the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-22 Kausik Ghosh , Sidhaarth Kumar , Vasilis Niarchos , Andreas Stergiou

We present the full form of a four-point correlation function of large BPS operators in planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills to any loop order. We do this by following a bootstrap philosophy based on three simple axioms pertaining to (i) the space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-06 Frank Coronado

In this thesis we study two-dimensional conformal field theories with Virasoro algebra symmetry, following the conformal bootstrap approach. Under the assumption that degenerate fields exist, we provide an extension of the analytic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-06 Santiago Migliaccio

We revisit in this paper the problem of connectivity correlations in the Fortuin-Kasteleyn cluster representation of the two-dimensional $Q$-state Potts model conformal field theory. In a recent work [M. Picco, S. Ribault and R.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-02 Jesper Lykke Jacobsen , Hubert Saleur

We perform extensive three-loop tests of the hexagon bootstrap approach for structure constants in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory. We focus on correlators involving two BPS operators and one non-BPS operator in the so-called $SL(2)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-07 Benjamin Basso , Vasco Goncalves , Shota Komatsu , Pedro Vieira

Every four-dimensional ${\cal N}=2$ superconformal field theory comes equipped with an intricate algebraic invariant, the associated vertex operator algebra. The relationships between this invariant and more conventional protected…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-15 Christopher Beem , Leonardo Rastelli

We perform a comprehensive perturbative study of the operator spectrum in multi-scalar theories with hypercubic global symmetry. This includes working out symmetry representations and their corresponding tensor structures. These structures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-22 Alexander Bednyakov , Johan Henriksson , Stefanos R. Kousvos

Using ideas from the gauge theory approach to the geometric Langlands program, we revisit supersymmetric localization with monopole operators in 3d $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supersymmetric gauge theories subject to $\Omega$-deformation. The key…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-25 Spencer Tamagni

We compute numerically the dimensions and OPE coefficients of several operators in the 3d Ising CFT, and then try to reverse-engineer the solution to crossing symmetry analytically. Our key tool is a set of new techniques for computing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-20 David Simmons-Duffin

In this paper, we present an explicit construction of twisted traces for quantum Coulomb branches of conical theories. We develop an operator representation of the Coulomb branch algebra and use it to derive integral formulas for the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Keke Zhang

We describe a new approach to computing the chiral part of correlation functions of stress-tensor supermultiplets in N=4 SYM that relies on symmetries, analytic properties and the structure of the OPE only. We demonstrate that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Dmitry Chicherin , Reza Doobary , Burkhard Eden , Paul Heslop , Gregory P. Korchemsky , Emery Sokatchev