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In theories with extended supersymmetry the protected observables of UV superconformal fixed points are found in a number of contexts to be encoded in the BPS solitons along an IR Coulomb-like phase. For six-dimensional SCFTs such a role is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Michele Del Zotto , Guglielmo Lockhart

We study elliptic genera of ADE-type M-strings in 6d (2,0) SCFTs from their modularity and explore the relation to topological string partition functions. We find a novel kinematical constraint that elliptic genera should follow, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Zhihao Duan , June Nahmgoong

We use the F-theory realization of 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) to study the corresponding spectrum of stringlike, i.e. surface defects. On the tensor branch, all of the stringlike excitations pick up a finite tension, and there…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-25 Michele Del Zotto , Jonathan J. Heckman , Daniel S. Park , Tom Rudelius

We consider N=2 superconformal theories defined on a 3+1 dimensional hyperplane intersection of two sets of M5 branes. These theories have (tensionless) BPS string solitons. We use a dual supergravity formulation to deduce some of their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 Mohsen Alishahiha , Yaron Oz

We develop the conformal bootstrap program for six-dimensional conformal field theories with $(2,0)$ supersymmetry, focusing on the universal four-point function of stress tensor multiplets. We review the solution of the superconformal Ward…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Christopher Beem , Madalena Lemos , Leonardo Rastelli , Balt C. van Rees

We compute the superconformal partial waves of the four-point correlator $\langle JJJJ\rangle$, in which the external operator $J$ is the superconformal primary of the $4D$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ stress-tensor multiplet $\mathcal{J}$. We develop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-07 Zhijin Li

We present a new BPS flow within minimal $\mathcal{N}=1$ supergravity in seven dimensions describing a warped $\textrm{AdS}_{3}$ background supported by a "dyonic" profile of the three-form. Furthermore, we discuss the holographic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-10 Giuseppe Dibitetto , Nicolò Petri

We consider the 1d CFT defined by the half-BPS Wilson line in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills. Using analytic bootstrap methods we derive the four-point function of the super-displacement operator at fourth order in a strong…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-10 Pietro Ferrero , Carlo Meneghelli

We derive one-point functions in 4d $\mathcal N=4$ SYM with $\tfrac{1}{2}$-BPS boundaries, defects and interfaces which host large numbers of defect degrees of freedom. The theories are engineered by Gaiotto-Witten D3/D5/NS5 brane setups…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-06 Dongming He , Christoph F. Uhlemann

In this thesis, we consider two approaches to the study of correlation functions in one-dimensional defect Conformal Field Theories (dCFT$_1$), in particular those defined by 1/2-BPS Wilson line defects in the three- and four-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-30 Gabriel J. S. Bliard

We calculate the leading contributions to the connected two-point functions of protected scalar operators in the defect version of N=4 SYM theory which is dual to the D5-D3 probe-brane system with k units of background gauge field flux.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-24 Marius de Leeuw , Asger C. Ipsen , Charlotte Kristjansen , Kasper E. Vardinghus , Matthias Wilhelm

We analytically study the lightcone limit of the conformal bootstrap equations for 4-point functions containing global symmetry currents and the stress tensor in 3d CFTs. We show that the contribution of the stress tensor to the anomalous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-01 Daliang Li , David Meltzer , David Poland

An important part of a CFT four-point function, the stress tensor sector, comprises the exchanges of the stress tensor and its composites. The OPE coefficients of these multi-stress tensor operators and consequently, the complete stress…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-19 Robin Karlsson , Manuela Kulaxizi , Andrei Parnachev , Petar Tadić

This paper focuses on the analysis of $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ superconformal theories in the presence of a defect from the point of view of the conformal bootstrap. We will concentrate first on the case of codimension one, where the defect is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-08 Pedro Liendo , Carlo Meneghelli

Thermal two-point functions in holographic CFTs receive contributions from two parts. One part comes from the identity, the stress tensor and multi-stress tensors and constitutes the stress-tensor sector. The other part consists of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-16 Ilija Burić , Ivan Gusev , Andrei Parnachev

In this paper, we elaborate on aspects of the recently introduced BMS bootstrap programme. We consider two-dimensional (2d) field theories with BMS3 symmetry and extensively use highest weight representations to uncover the BMS version of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-16 Arjun Bagchi , Mirah Gary , Zodinmawia

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

This work explores holographic correlators within the frameworks of two-dimensional Boundary Conformal Field Theory (BCFT) and Crosscap Conformal Field Theory (XCFT). Utilizing the AdS/CFT correspondence, we compute stress tensor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-13 Yun-Ze Li , Yunfei Xie , Song He

In this paper we study various dynamical aspects of the AdS/BCFT correspondence in higher dimensions. We study properties of holographic stress energy tensor by analyzing the metric perturbation in the gravity dual. We also calculate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-26 Keisuke Izumi , Tetsuya Shiromizu , Kenta Suzuki , Tadashi Takayanagi , Norihiro Tanahashi

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