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This note is aimed at presenting a new algebraic approach to momentum-space correlators in conformal field theory. As an illustration we present a new Lie-algebraic method to compute frequency-space two-point functions for charged scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-13 Satoshi Ohya

The half-supersymmetric Wilson loop in $\mathcal N=4$ SYM is arguably the central non-local operator in the AdS/CFT correspondence. On the field theory side, the vacuum expectation values of Wilson loops in arbitrary representations of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-02 Alberto Faraggi , James T. Liu , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Guojun Zhang

Disorder has long been a difficult subject in condensed matter systems and the The replica method is a well-known tool in this field. Implementing the replica method the AdS/CFT correspondence has been proposed and discussed in literatures.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Yanwen Shang

We present two complementary approaches to calculating the 2-point function of stress tensors in the presence of a 1/2 BPS surface defect of the 6d $\mathcal{N} = (2,0)$ theories. First, we use analytical bootstrap techniques at large $N$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-12 Carlo Meneghelli , Maxime Trépanier

We study the correlation function between one single-trace scalar operator and a circular Wilson loop in the $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theory with gauge group $SU(N)$ and matter transforming in the symmetric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-19 Alessandro Pini , Paolo Vallarino

Carrollian Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) have been proposed as co-dimension one holographic duals to asymptotically flat spacetimes as opposed to Celestial CFTs which are co-dimension two. In this paper, drawing inspiration from Celestial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-17 Arjun Bagchi , Prateksh Dhivakar , Sudipta Dutta

We continue the study of the nocommutative $AdS_2 / CFT_1$ correspondence. We extend our previous results obtained for a free massless scalar field to the case of a massive scalar field. Both the free and interacting cases are considered.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-16 Felipe Rodrigues de Almeida , Aleksandr Pinzul , Allen Stern

The four-point correlation function of two 1/2 BPS primaries of conformal weight $\Delta=2$ and two 1/2-BPS primaries of conformal weight $\Delta=n$ is calculated in the large 't Hooft, large $N$ limit. These operators are dual to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-04-02 Linda I. Uruchurtu

We study three-dimensional conformal field theories with a large-$N$ limit. Leveraging the framework of slightly broken higher-spin symmetry, we bootstrap correlation functions between the single-trace, local operators and straight,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-16 Gwenaël Ferrando , Amit Sever , Elior Urisman

Surface operators in the 6d (2,0) theory at large $N$ have a holographic description in terms of M2 branes probing the AdS$_7 \times S^4$ M-theory background. The most symmetric, 1/2-BPS, operator is defined over a planar or spherical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-16 Nadav Drukker , Simone Giombi , Arkady A. Tseytlin , Xinan Zhou

The N = 2, 4 superconformal symmetry constraints in d = 4 for four point functions of chiral primary 1/2-BPS operators are derived. The operators are described by symmetric traceless tensors of the internal R-symmetry group. A substantial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-06 Michael Nirschl

We consider mixed four-point correlators of 1/2-BPS operators $\mathcal{O}_{k}$ in the maximally supersymmetric CFTs, i.e. the 3d $\mathcal{N}=8$, 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$, and 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories. In arXiv:hep-th/0405180, Dolan,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-19 Mitchell Woolley

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 determine the scaling dimensions in the boundary $\mathsf{CFT}_{d}$ corresponding to the $\mathsf{O}(N)$ model in $\mathsf{EAdS}_{d+1}$. The $\mathsf{CFT}$ data accessible to the 4-point boundary correlator of fundamental fields are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Jonáš Dujava , Petr Vaško

We study the contact terms that appear in the correlation functions of exactly marginal operators using the AdS/CFT correspondence. It is known that CFT with an exactly marginal deformation requires the existence of the contact terms with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-14 Tadakatsu Sakai , Masashi Zenkai

We present a general relation between celestial correlation functions in $d$-dimensions and Witten diagrams in $\left(d+1\right)$-dimensional Euclidean anti-de Sitter (EAdS) space, to all orders in perturbation theory. Contact diagram…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-28 Lorenzo Iacobacci , Charlotte Sleight , Massimo Taronna

Surface operators are among the most important observables of the 6d $\mathcal{N} = (2,0)$ theory. Here we apply the tools of defect CFT to study local operator insertions into the 1/2-BPS plane. We first relate the 2-point function of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-01 Nadav Drukker , Malte Probst , Maxime Trépanier

We extend recent results on semi-classical conformal blocks in 2d CFT and their relation to 3D gravity via the AdS/CFT correspondence. We consider four-point functions with two heavy and two light external operators, along with the exchange…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-27 Eliot Hijano , Per Kraus , River Snively

We present a detailed analysis of a scalar conformal four-point function obtained from AdS/CFT correspondence. We study the scalar exchange graphs in AdS and discuss their analytic properties. Using methods of conformal partial wave…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Hoffmann , A. C. Petkou , W. Ruehl

Correlation functions of Logarithmic conformal field theory is investigated using the ADS/CFT correspondence and a novel method based on nilpotent weights and 'super fields'. Adding an specific form of interaction, we introduce a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Moghimi-Araghi , S. Rouhani , M. Saadat
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