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We consider the strong coupling limit of conformal gauge theories in 4 dimensions. The action of the loop operator on the minimal area in the AdS space is analyzed, and the Schwinger-Dyson equations of gauge theory are checked. The general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 A. M. Polyakov , V. S. Rychkov

We present a detailed study of spectrally flowed four-point functions in the SL(2,$\mathbb{R}$) WZW model, focusing on their conformal block decomposition. Dei and Eberhardt conjectured a general formula relating these observables to their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-07 Sergio Iguri , Nicolas Kovensky , Julian H. Toro

We use the correspondence between scalar field theory on AdS and induced conformal field theory on its boundary to calculate correlation functions of logarithmic conformal field theory in arbitrary dimensions.Our calculations utilize the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Jabbari-Faruji , S. Rouhani

We study the one loop renormalisation of 4d $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills theory with $M$ adjoint representation scalar multiplets related by $O(M)$ symmetry. General $M$ are of field theoretic interest, and the 4d one loop beta function of the gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-17 Nadia Flodgren , Bo Sundborg

Motivated by recent work on the utility of Mellin space for representing conformal correlators in $AdS$/CFT, we study its suitability for representing dual conformal integrals of the type which appear in perturbative scattering amplitudes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Miguel F. Paulos , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

The Euclidean Anti-de Sitter (AdS) space provides a natural framework for studying boundary conformal field theory (BCFT). We analyze the conformal boundary conditions of the critical O$(N)$ model in $d=4-\epsilon$ dimensions using the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-31 Simone Giombi , Zimo Sun

Conformal techniques are applied to the calculation of integrals on AdS(d+1) space which define correlators of composite operators in the superconformal field theory on the d-dimensional boundary. The 3-point amplitudes for scalar fields of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-08 Daniel Z. Freedman , Samir D. Mathur , Alec Matusis , Leonardo Rastelli

We construct a Super-Grassmannian integral representation for $n-$point functions in $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFT$_3$. In this formalism, conformal invariance, supersymmetry, and special superconformal invariance are implemented manifestly through…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Aswini Bala , Sachin Jain , Dhruva K. S. , Adithya A Rao

We develop a systematic unitarity method for loop-level AdS scattering amplitudes, dual to non-planar CFT correlators, from both bulk and boundary perspectives. We identify cut operators acting on bulk amplitudes that put virtual lines on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 David Meltzer , Eric Perlmutter , Allic Sivaramakrishnan

We construct a new class of differential operators that naturally act on AdS harmonic functions. These are weight shifting operators that change the spin and dimension of AdS representations. Together with CFT weight shifting operators, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-13 Miguel S. Costa , Tobias Hansen

We present an analytic study of conformal field theories on the real projective space $\mathbb{RP}^d$, focusing on the two-point functions of scalar operators. Due to the partially broken conformal symmetry, these are non-trivial functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-11 Simone Giombi , Himanshu Khanchandani , Xinan Zhou

Using the fact that flat space with a boundary is related by a Weyl transformation to anti-de Sitter (AdS) space, one may study observables in boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) by placing a CFT in AdS. In addition to correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-20 Simone Giombi , Himanshu Khanchandani

We consider R and NS spectral flow sectors of type IIB superstring theory on AdS(3)xS(3)xT(4) in the context of the AdS(3)/CFT(2) correspondence. We present a derivation of the vertex operators creating spectral flow images of chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 Carlos A. Cardona , Carmen A. Núñez

We take the first step in extending the integrability approach to one-point functions in AdS/dCFT to higher loop orders. More precisely, we argue that the formula encoding all tree-level one-point functions of SU(2) operators in the defect…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-03 Isak Buhl-Mortensen , Marius de Leeuw , Asger C. Ipsen , Charlotte Kristjansen , Matthias Wilhelm

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 expand on the results of arXiv:1011.0780 where we presented new recursion relations for correlation functions of the stress tensor and conserved currents in conformal field theories with an AdS_p dual for p > 4. These recursion relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-13 Suvrat Raju

We continue the study of AdS loop amplitudes in the spectral representation and in position space. We compute the finite coupling 4-point function in position space for the large-$N$ conformal Gross Neveu model on $AdS_3$. The resummation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-18 Dean Carmi

We consider manifestly crossing symmetric dispersion relations for Mellin amplitudes of scalar four point correlators in conformal field theories (CFTs). This allows us to set up the non-perturbative Polyakov bootstrap for CFTs in Mellin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-31 Rajesh Gopakumar , Aninda Sinha , Ahmadullah Zahed

In AdS/CFT, we introduce a robust method for computing $n$-point gluon Mellin amplitudes, applicable in various spacetime dimensions. Using the Mellin transform and a recursive algorithm, we efficiently calculate tree-level gluon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-14 Jinwei Chu , Savan Kharel

Four-dimensional N-extended superconformal symmetry and correlation functions of quasi-primary superfields are studied within the superspace formalism. A superconformal Killing equation is derived and its solutions are classified in terms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Jeong-Hyuck Park