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In this paper we study the local behavior of solutions to some free boundary problems. We relate the theory of quasi-conformal maps to the regularity of the solutions to nonlinear thin-obstacle problems; we prove that the contact set is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-28 Guido De Philippis , Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider conformal field theories with slightly broken higher spin symmetry in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. We analyze the crossing equation in the double light-cone limit and solve for the anomalous dimensions of higher spin currents…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 Luis F. Alday , Alexander Zhiboedov

We present a low entry-level introduction to the Conformal Bootstrap. We review and obtain several basic bounds using Linear Programming in machine precision in Mathematica, making the results accessible even to the most uneducated computer…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-07 António Antunes

We study quantum cosmological models for certain classes of bang/crunch singularities, using the duality between expanding bubbles in AdS with a FRW interior cosmology and perturbed CFTs on de Sitter space-time. It is pointed out that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Jose L. F. Barbon , Eliezer Rabinovici

Many CFTs can be extended to lines of nonlocal CFTs parametrised by the scaling dimension $\Delta$ of the fundamental field appearing in the action. $\Delta=\frac{d}{2}-\zeta$ is set by the exponent of the kinetic term…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Ludo Fraser-Taliente

Field-theoretical calculations performed in an approximation scheme often present a spurious dependence of physical quantities on some unphysical parameters associated with the details of the calculation setup (such as, the renormalization…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-08 Ivan Balog , Gonzalo De Polsi , Matthieu Tissier , Nicolás Wschebor

We study the symmetry resolution of the entanglement entropy of an interval in two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs), by relating the bipartition to the geometry of an annulus with conformal boundary conditions. In the presence of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-21 Giuseppe Di Giulio , René Meyer , Christian Northe , Henri Scheppach , Suting Zhao

We review a framework for the conformal bootstrap that does not rely on positivity and treats the infinite tower of high-dimension OPE contributions to conformal correlators through dispersion relations and neural networks. We apply it to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 Vasilis Niarchos , Constantinos Papageorgakis

We analyze the defect scaling Lee-Yang model from the perturbed defect conformal field theory (DCFT) point of view. First the defect Lee-Yang model is solved by calculating its structure constants from the sewing relations. Integrable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Zoltan Bajnok , Laszlo Hollo , Gerard Watts

Motivated by the three-dimensional topological field theory / two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) correspondence, we study a broad class of one-dimensional quantum mechanical models, known as anyonic chains, that can give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Matthew Buican , Andrey Gromov

Whether O(N)-invariant conformal field theory exists in five dimensions with its implication to higher-spin holography was much debated. We find an affirmative result on this question by utilizing conformal bootstrap approach. In solving…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-23 Jin-Beom Bae , Soo-Jong Rey

The continuation of the Liouville conformal field theory to c<=1 is considered. The viability of an interpretation involving a timelike boson which is the conformal factor for two-dimensional asymptotically de Sitter geometries is examined.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Will McElgin

We study the statistical Ising model of spins on the infinite lattice using a bootstrap method that combines spin-flip identities with positivity conditions, including reflection positivity and Griffiths inequalities, to derive rigorous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-04 Minjae Cho , Barak Gabai , Ying-Hsuan Lin , Victor A. Rodriguez , Joshua Sandor , Xi Yin

Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) are special classes of quantum field theories that find applications ranging from critical phenomena to theories of quantum gravity via holography. Understanding thermal effects in CFTs is crucial:…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-05 Alessio Miscioscia

In this paper, we follow a Bootstrap-like approach to determine the most restricted form the finiteness constraint $\mathcal{F}(q,g,h,\kappa)$, which relates the four parameters of $\mathcal{N}=1$ Leigh-Strassler (LS) deformed models, by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-07 Lucas S. Sousa

Bootstrap equations for conformal correlators that mimic the early theory of conformal bootstrap are written down in frames of the AdS/CFT approach. The simplified version of these equations, that may be justified if Schwinger-Keldysh…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-28 Boris L. Altshuler

We consider the form factor bootstrap approach of integrable field theories to derive matrix elements of composite branch-point twist fields associated with symmetry resolved entanglement entropies. The bootstrap equations are determined in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-30 Dávid X. Horváth , Pasquale Calabrese

Some general properties of perturbed (rational) CFT in the background metric of symmetric 2D sphere of radius $R$ are discussed, including conformal perturbation theory for the partition function and the large $R$ asymptotic. The truncated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Al. Zamolodchikov

We study the free energy of four-dimensional CFTs on deformed spheres. For generic nonsupersymmetric CFTs only the coefficient of the logarithmic divergence in the free energy is physical, which is an extremum for the round sphere. We then…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-10 Joseph A. Minahan , Usman Naseer , Charles Thull

As a simple lattice model that exhibits a phase transition, the Ising model plays a fundamental role in statistical and condensed matter physics. The Ising transition is realized by physical systems, such as the liquid-vapor transition. Its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-09 Wenliang Li