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We study analytically the constraints of the conformal bootstrap on the low-lying spectrum of operators in field theories with global conformal symmetry in one and two spacetime dimensions. We introduce a new class of linear functionals…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Dalimil Mazac

We consider the 6d (1,0) SCFT on a stack of $N$ M5-branes probing a $\mathbb C^2/\mathbb Z_2$ singularity. In particular, we study its compactifications to four dimensions on a smooth genus-$g$ Riemann surface with non-trivial flavor flux,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-19 Ibrahima Bah , Federico Bonetti

We consider a 2-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) obtained from twisted compactification of the 4-dimensional N=4 super Yang-Mills theory on a Riemann surface with boundary. We find the boundary conditions to preserve some of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-25 Koichi Nagasaki , Satoshi Yamaguchi

In this paper, we present a method to compute the minimal form factors (MFFs) of diagonal integrable field theories perturbed by generalized $T\bar{T}$ perturbations. Building on existing results by the same authors, these MFFs are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-18 Fabio Sailis , Olalla A. Castro-Alvaredo , Stefano Negro

We consider the one-parameter generalization $S^4_q$ of 4-sphere with a conical singularity due to identification $\tau=\tau + 2 \pi q$ in one isometric angle. We compute the value of the spectral zeta-function at zero $z(q) = \zeta(0, q)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-25 Matteo Beccaria , Arkady A. Tseytlin

We continue to develop Bootstrability -- a method merging Integrability and Conformal Bootstrap to extract CFT data in integrable conformal gauge theories such as $\mathcal{N}$=4 SYM. In this paper, we consider the 1D defect CFT defined on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-08 Andrea Cavaglià , Nikolay Gromov , Julius Julius , Michelangelo Preti

We investigate a family of four-dimensional quantum field theories with weakly interacting ultraviolet fixed points up to four loop order in perturbation theory. Key new ingredients are the three loop gauge contributions to quartic scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-26 Daniel F. Litim , Nahzaan Riyaz , Emmanuel Stamou , Tom Steudtner

A state in a quantum system with a given global symmetry, $G$, can be sensitive to the presence of boundaries, which may either preserve or break this symmetry. In this work, we investigate how conformal invariant boundary conditions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 Yuya Kusuki , Sara Murciano , Hirosi Ooguri , Sridip Pal

We consider two $d \geq 2$ conformal field theories (CFTs) glued together along a codimension one conformal interface. The conformal anomaly of such a system contains both bulk and interface contributions. In a curved-space setup, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Christopher P. Herzog , Kuo-Wei Huang , Dmitri V. Vassilevich

We discuss the conditions under which classically conformally invariant models in four dimensions can arise out of non-conformal (Einstein) gravity. As an `existence proof' that this is indeed possible we show how to derive N=4 super Yang…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-29 Krzysztof A. Meissner , Hermann Nicolai

Analysis of the covariant theta-exact noncommutative (NC) gauge field theory (GFT), inspired by high energy cosmic rays experiments, is performed in the framework of the inelastic neutrino-nucleon scatterings. Next we have have found…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-02-05 Josip Trampetic

We propose the Symmetry TFT for theories with a $U(1)$ symmetry in arbitrary dimension. The Symmetry TFT describes the structure of the symmetry, its anomalies, and the possible topological manipulations. It is constructed as a BF theory of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-03 Andrea Antinucci , Francesco Benini

It is well known that a fundamental theorem of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) set in at spacetime ensures the CPT invariance of the theory. This symmetry is strictly connected to the Lorentz covariance, and consequently to the fundamental…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-19 Vito Antonelli , Lino Miramonti , Marco Danilo Claudio Torri

We consider constraints on the S-matrix of any gapped, Lorentz invariant quantum field theory in 1 + 1 dimensions due to crossing symmetry and unitarity. In this way we establish rigorous bounds on the cubic couplings of a given theory with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Miguel F. Paulos , Joao Penedones , Jonathan Toledo , Balt C. van Rees , Pedro Vieira

We revisit the space of gapped quantum field theories with a global O(N) symmetry in two spacetime dimensions. Previous works using S-matrix bootstrap revealed a rich space in which integrable theories such as the non-linear sigma model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-07 Lucia Cordova , Miguel Correia , Alessandro Georgoudis , Antoine Vuignier

We study partial supersymmetry breaking in effective $\mathcal{N}=2$ U$ \left( 1\right) ^{n}$ gauge theory coupled to complex hypermultiplets by using the method of \textrm{"{\small arXiv:1501.07842}" to which we refer to as ADFT method}.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-25 M. N. El Kinani , M. Vall

The problem of gauge invariance in an ultraviolet complete quantum field theory (QFT) with nonlocal interactions is investigated. For local fields that couple through a nonlocal interaction, it is demonstrated that the quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-02 J. W. Moffat

The use of the AdS/CFT correspondence to arrive at quiver gauge field theories is discussed, focussing on the orbifolded case without supersymmetry. An abelian orbifold with the finite group Z(12) can accommodate unification at about 4 TeV.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul H. Frampton

In general quantum field theories (QFTs), ordinary (0-form) global symmetries and 1-form symmetries can combine into 2-group global symmetries. We describe this phenomenon in detail using the language of symmetry defects. We exhibit a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-28 Francesco Benini , Clay Cordova , Po-Shen Hsin

We propose a strategy to study massive Quantum Field Theory (QFT) using conformal bootstrap methods. The idea is to consider QFT in hyperbolic space and study correlation functions of its boundary operators. We show that these are solutions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Miguel F. Paulos , Joao Penedones , Jonathan Toledo , Balt C. van Rees , Pedro Vieira