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Two-point correlation functions of spin operators in the minimal models ${{\cal M}}_{p,p'}$ perturbed by the field $\Phi_{13}$ are studied in the framework of conformal perturbation theory. The first-order corrections for the structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 A. A. Belavin , V. A. Belavin , A. V. Litvinov , Y. P. Pugai , Al. B. Zamolodchikov

In this paper we study the constraints imposed by conformal invariance on extended objects a.k.a defects in a conformal field theory. We identify a particularly nice class of defects that is closed under conformal transformations.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-23 Abhijit Gadde

We study the correlators of bulk and defect half-BPS operators in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory with a Maldacena-Wilson line defect, focusing on the case involving one bulk and two defect local operators. We analyze the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-15 Daniele Artico , Julien Barrat , Yingxuan Xu

This paper is designed to be a practical tool for constructing and investigating two-point correlation functions in defect conformal field theory, directly in physical space, between any two bulk primaries or between a bulk primary and a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Christopher P. Herzog , Abhay Shrestha

We compute exact three and four point functions in the W_N minimal models that were recently conjectured to be dual to a higher spin theory in AdS_3. The boundary theory has a large number of light operators that are not only invisible in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-12-13 Kyriakos Papadodimas , Suvrat Raju

We give a unified treatment of dispersive sum rules for four-point correlators in conformal field theory. We call a sum rule dispersive if it has double zeros at all double-twist operators above a fixed twist gap. Dispersive sum rules have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-11 Simon Caron-Huot , Dalimil Mazac , Leonardo Rastelli , David Simmons-Duffin

We initiate the lightcone bootstrap analysis of multipoint correlators in a defect conformal field theory. The setup we consider is the three-point function of two bulk and one defect operator. Requiring consistency of the crossing equation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-30 Lorenzo Bianchi , Andrea Mattiello , Lorenzo Quintavalle

We use holography to study correlation functions of local operators in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories arising on the world-volume of D$p$-branes in the large-$N$ and strong-coupling limit. The relevant supergravity backgrounds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-23 Nikolay Bobev , Guillermo Mera Álvarez , Hynek Paul

Carrollian conformal field theory offers an alternative description of massless scattering amplitudes, that is holographic in nature. In an effort to build a framework that is both predictive and constraining, we construct operator product…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Kevin Nguyen , Jakob Salzer

We study three-point correlation functions of scalar operators in conformal field theories with boundaries and interfaces. We focus on two cases where there are one bulk and two boundary operators (B$\partial\partial$), or two bulk and one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-27 Junding Chen , Xinan Zhou

We study universal features of defect correlation functions in supersymmetric defect CFTs, focusing on four-point functions of the displacement supermultiplet. By perturbing the leading-order correlators at strong coupling, we derive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-13 Riccardo Giordana Pozzi

We continue our study of the defect CFT on a Maldacena-Wilson line in N=4 Super-Yang-Mills theory using Bootstrability -- the conformal bootstrap supplemented with exact integrability data. In this paper, we extend this program to charged…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-19 Andrea Cavaglià , Nikolay Gromov , Julius Julius , Michelangelo Preti , Nika Sergeevna Sokolova

We derive a manifestly superconformal expression for the leading-order two-point functions of all single trace chiral primary operators in 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory with a co-dimension one Nahm pole defect. Notably, our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-07 Jonah Baerman , Adam Chalabi , Charlotte Kristjansen

We present an analytic calculation of the layer (parallel) susceptibility at the extraordinary transition in a semi-infinite system with a flat boundary. Using the method of integral transforms put forward by McAvity and Osborn [Nucl. Phys.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-15 M. A. Shpot

We study the $O(3)$ critical model and the free theory of a scalar triplet in the presence of a magnetic impurity. We use analytic bootstrap techniques to extract results in the $\varepsilon$-expansion. First, we extend by one order in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-12 Lorenzo Bianchi , Davide Bonomi , Elia de Sabbata , Aleix Gimenez-Grau

We study the defect CFT associated with the half-BPS Wilson line in $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. Using a perturbative bootstrap approach, we derive new analytical results for multipoint correlators of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Daniele Artico , Julien Barrat , Giulia Peveri

We derive new crossing-symmetric dispersion formulae for CFT correlators restricted to the line. The formulae are equivalent to the sum rules implied by what we call master functionals, which are analytic extremal functionals which act on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 Miguel F. Paulos

We study symmetry-breaking line defects in the Wilson-Fisher theory with $O(2N+1)$ global symmetry near four dimensions and symmetry-preserving surface defects in a cubic model with $O(2N)$ global symmetry near six dimensions. We introduce…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-29 Diego Rodriguez-Gomez

Boundaries in three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal theories may preserve one half of the original bulk supersymmetry. There are two possibilities which are characterized by the chirality of the leftover supercharges. Depending…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-05 Aleix Gimenez-Grau , Pedro Liendo , Philine van Vliet

We consider conformal defects with spins under the rotation group acting on the transverse directions. They are described in the embedding space formalism in a similar manner to spinning local operators, and their correlation functions with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-30 Nozomu Kobayashi , Tatsuma Nishioka