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A theoretical study is made of conformal factors in certain types of physical theories based on classical differential geometry. Analysis of quantum versions of Weyl's theory suggest that similar field equations should be available in four,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel C. Galehouse

We review briefly a stream of ideas concerning the role of quantum groups as hidden symmetries in conformal field theories, paying particular attention to the field theoretical representations of quantum groups based on Coulomb gas methods.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Cesar Gomez , German Sierra

It is generally taken for granted that two-dimensional critical phenomena can be fully classified by the well known two-dimensional (rational) conformal quantum field theories (CQFTs). In particular it is believed that in models with a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-30 Adrian Patrascioiu , Erhard Seiler

The quantum mechanics of one degree of freedom exhibiting the exact conformal SL(2,R) symmetry is presented. The starting point is the classification of the unitary irreducible representations of the SL(2,R) group (or, to some extent, its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 K. Andrzejewski

Quantum simulation is a foundational application for quantum computers, projected to offer insights into complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical computation. However, with the exception of Trotter-based methods, which suffer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Amir Kalev , Itay Hen

Every locally normal representation of a local chiral conformal quantum theory is covariant with respect to global conformal transformations, if this theory is diffeomorphism covariant in its vacuum representation. The unitary, strongly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Claudio D'Antoni , Klaus Fredenhagen , Soeren Koester

We describe conformal field theories, correlation functions of which satisfy equations of the two-dimensional fluid mechanics. Prediction for the energy spectrum is given, $E(k) \sim k^{-25/7}$.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Polyakov

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) describes the structure of hadrons such as the proton at a fundamental level. The precision of calculations in QCD limits the precision of the values of many physical parameters extracted from collider data. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Michael Kreshchuk , William M. Kirby , Gary Goldstein , Hugo Beauchemin , Peter J. Love

We construct an effective conformal field theory by using a procedure which induces twisted boundary conditions for the fundamental scalar fields. That allows to describe a quantum Hall fluid at Jain hierarchical filling, nu=m/(2pm+1), in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Cristofano , G. Maiella , V. Marotta

We build a four-dimensional quaternion-parametrized conformal field theory (QCFT) using quaternion holomorphic functions as the generators of quaternionic conformal transformations. Taking the two-dimensional complex-parametrized conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-03 Sergio Giardino

We suggest that in the proper definition, Quantum Field Theories are quantum mechanical system which 'live' on the space of causal structures ${\cal C}$ of spacetime. That is, for any QFT a Hilbert space ${\cal H}$ on which local operators…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-29 Denis Bashkirov

From higher dimensional theories, e.g. string theory, one expects the presence of non-minimally coupled scalar fields. We review the notion of conformal frames in cosmology and emphasize their physical equivalence, which holds at least at a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Guillem Domènech , Misao Sasaki

We employ quantum circuit learning to simulate quantum field theories (QFTs). Typically, when simulating QFTs with quantum computers, we encounter significant challenges due to the technical limitations of quantum devices when implementing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-08 Kazuki Ikeda

Simulations of collisions of fundamental particles on a quantum computer are expected to have an exponential advantage over classical methods and promise to enhance searches for new physics. Furthermore, scattering in scalar field theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Nikita A. Zemlevskiy

Quantum field theory provides the framework for the most fundamental physical theories to be confirmed experimentally and has enabled predictions of unprecedented precision. However, calculations of physical observables often require great…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-04 Stephen P. Jordan , Keith S. M. Lee , John Preskill

We propose a framework for simulating the real-time dynamics of quantum field theories (QFTs) using continuous-variable quantum computing (CVQC). Focusing on ($1+1$)-dimensional $\varphi^4$ scalar field theory, the approach employs the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Steven Abel , Michael Spannowsky , Simon Williams

This is a set of introductory lecture notes on conformal field theory. Unlike most existing reviews on the subject, CFT is presented here from the perspective of a unitary quantum field theory in Minkowski space-time. It begins with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-04 Marc Gillioz

The classical procedures which define the relativistic notion of space-time can be implemented in the framework of Quantum Field Theory. Only relying on the conformal symmetries of field propagation, time-frequency transfer and localization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-27 Marc-Thierry Jaekel , Serge Reynaud

Simulating the full dynamics of a quantum field theory over a wide range of energies requires exceptionally large quantum computing resources. Yet for many observables in particle physics, perturbative techniques are sufficient to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-01 Christian W. Bauer , Marat Freytsis , Benjamin Nachman

We derive an effective field theory for general chaotic two-dimensional conformal field theories with a large central charge. The theory is a specific and calculable instance of a more general framework recently proposed in [1]. We discuss…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-22 Felix M. Haehl , Moshe Rozali