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We propose a two-parameter family of modular invariant partition functions of two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) holographically dual to pure three-dimensional gravity in anti de Sitter space. Our two parameters control the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Nathan Benjamin , Ethan Dyer , A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Yuan Xin

Every renormalization group flow in $d$ spacetime dimensions can be equivalently described as spectral deformations of a generalized free CFT in $(d-1)$ spacetime dimensions. This can be achieved by studying the effective action of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-10 Sandipan Kundu

We construct a map between a class of codes over $F_4$ and a family of non-rational Narain CFTs. This construction is complementary to a recently introduced relation between quantum stabilizer codes and a class of rational Narain theories.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-23 Anatoly Dymarsky , Adar Sharon

We propose a holographic dual for 2D CFT defined on closed non-orientable manifolds, such as the real projective plane $\mathbb{RP}^2$ and the Klein bottle $\mathbb{K}^2$. Such CFT can be constructed by introducing antipodally identified…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-18 Zixia Wei

We show that the partition function of free Maxwell theory on a generic Euclidean four-manifold transforms in a non-trivial way under electric-magnetic duality. The classical part of the partition sum can be mapped onto the genus-one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Erik Verlinde

We review the various aspects of the 3D Einstein gravity theory with a negative cosmological constant and its boundary description. We also explore its connections to CFTs, modular symmetry, and holography. It is worth noting that this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-29 Chen-Te Ma

We compute the Nekrasov partition function of gauge theories on the (resolved) toric singularities C^2/\Gamma in terms of blow-up formulae. We discuss the expansion of the partition function in the \epsilon_1,\epsilon_2 \to 0 limit along…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Giulio Bonelli , Kazunobu Maruyoshi , Alessandro Tanzini , Futoshi Yagi

We provide a general formula for the partition function of three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories placed on $S^2 \times S^1$ with a topological twist along $S^2$, which can be interpreted as an index for chiral states of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-29 Francesco Benini , Alberto Zaffaroni

We test the AdS/CFT correspondence by computing the partition function of some $\mathcal{N}=2$ quiver Chern-Simons-matter theories on three-sphere. The M-theory backgrounds are of the Freund-Rubin type with the seven-dimensional internal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 Sangmo Cheon , Hyojoong Kim , Nakwoo Kim

We discuss two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) which are invariant under gauging a non-invertible global symmetry. At every point on the orbifold branch of $c=1$ CFTs, it is known that the theory is self-dual under gauging a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-04 Yichul Choi , Da-Chuan Lu , Zhengdi Sun

For each lattice one can define a free boson theory propagating on the corresponding torus. We give an alternative definition where one employs any automorphism of the group $M^*/M$. This gives a wealth of conformal data, which we realize…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Ernest Baver , Doron Gepner , Umut Gursoy

It is argued that the general four-dimensional extremal Kerr-Newman-AdS-dS black hole is holographically dual to a (chiral half of a) two-dimensional CFT, generalizing an argument given recently for the special case of extremal Kerr.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-17 Thomas Hartman , Keiju Murata , Tatsuma Nishioka , Andrew Strominger

The Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture provides a holographic description for the entanglement entropy for the strongly coupled holographic CFTs in the semi-classical limit. It proposes that the entanglement entropy is given by the area of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-19 Jun Tsujimura

We study a class of newly-introduced CFTs associated with even quadratic forms of general signature, which we call generalized Narain theories. We first summarize the properties of these theories. We then consider orbifolds of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-02 Meer Ashwinkumar , Abhiram Kidambi , Jacob M. Leedom , Masahito Yamazaki

We consider a toy model of a 3-dimensional topological quantum gravity. In this model, a contribution of a given 3-manifold is given by the partition function of an abelian Topological Quantum Field Theory (TQFT), with a topological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-05 Thomas Nicosanti , Pavel Putrov

In this work, we investigate the AdS$_{3}$ gravitational bulk dual to an ensemble of Narain CFTs and their generalisations to establish bounds consistent with the Swampland program. Focusing on the AdS distance and finiteness conjectures,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-23 R. Sammani , E. H Saidi , R. Ahl Laamara , L. B Drissi

We study the holographic duality between the free $O(N)$ vector model and higher spin gravity. Conserved spinning primary currents of the conformal field theory (CFT) are dual to spinning gauge fields in the gravity. Reducing to independent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-18 Robert de Mello Koch

The crossing equations of a conformal field theory can be systematically truncated to a finite, closed system of polynomial equations. In certain cases, solutions of the truncated equations place strict bounds on the space of all unitary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Nima Afkhami-Jeddi , Thomas Hartman , Amirhossein Tajdini

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 use holomorphic factorization to find the partition functions of an abelian two-form chiral gauge-field on a flat six-torus. We prove that exactly one of these partition functions is modular invariant. It turns out to be the one that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Andreas Gustavsson