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We initiate an approach to constraining conformal field theory (CFT) data at finite temperature using methods inspired by the conformal bootstrap for vacuum correlation functions. We focus on thermal one- and two-point functions of local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Luca Iliesiu , Murat Koloğlu , Raghu Mahajan , Eric Perlmutter , David Simmons-Duffin

We consider the finite-temperature frequency and momentum dependent two-point functions of local operators in integrable quantum field theories. We focus on the case where the zero temperature correlation function is dominated by a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 F. H. L. Essler , R. M. Konik

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

We discuss consequences of the breaking of conformal symmetry by a flat or spherical extended operator. We adapt the embedding formalism to the study of correlation functions of symmetric traceless tensors in the presence of the defect.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-26 Marco Billò , Vasco Gonçalves , Edoardo Lauria , Marco Meineri

Conformal Field Theories (CFTs) are special classes of quantum field theories that find applications ranging from critical phenomena to theories of quantum gravity via holography. Understanding thermal effects in CFTs is crucial:…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-05 Alessio Miscioscia

We consider a quantum junction described by a 1+1-dimensional boundary conformal field theory (BCFT). Our analysis focuses on correlations emerging at finite temperature, achieved through the computation of entanglement measures. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-28 Luca Capizzi , Andrei Rotaru

We propose a numerical method to estimate one-point functions and the free-energy density of conformal field theories at finite temperature by solving the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger condition for the two-point functions of identical scalars. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-16 Julien Barrat , Enrico Marchetto , Alessio Miscioscia , Elli Pomoni

We consider finite temperature dynamical correlation functions in the interacting delta-function Bose gas. In the low-temperature limit the asymptotic behaviour of correlation functions can be determined from conformal field theory. In the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Fabian H. L. Essler , Vladimir E. Korepin , Franck T. Latremoliere

In this work we address partial wave decompositions of thermal one-point functions in conformal field theories on $S^1 \times S^{d-1}$. With the help of Casimir differential equations we develop efficient algorithms to compute the relevant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-07 Ilija Buric , Francesco Russo , Volker Schomerus , Alessandro Vichi

We study observables in a conformal field theory which are very closely related to the ones used to describe hadronic events at colliders. We focus on the correlation functions of the energies deposited on calorimeters placed at a large…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-16 Diego M. Hofman , Juan Maldacena

We investigate the thermal properties of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric scalar field theories with purely imaginary couplings. The free energy governs the asymptotic density of states, providing an effective measure of the number of degrees of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-10 Oleksandr Diatlyk , Andrei Katsevich , Fedor K. Popov

This thesis explores thermal correlation functions in conformal field theories (CFTs) and their connection to black hole geometry within the AdS/CFT correspondence, using a near-boundary expansion as the main tool. Two themes are examined.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-26 Samuel Valach

We analyze the singularities of the two-point function in a conformal field theory at finite temperature. In a free theory, the only singularity is along the boundary light cone. In the holographic limit, a new class of singularities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-31 Matthew Dodelson , Hirosi Ooguri

We consider finite volume (or equivalently, finite temperature) expectation values of local operators in integrable quantum field theories using a combination of numerical and analytical approaches. It is shown that the truncated conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 I. M. Szécsényi , G. Takács , G. M. T. Watts

We investigate proposals of how the form factor approach to compute correlation functions at zero temperature can be extended to finite temperature. For the two-point correlation function we conclude that the suggestion to use the usual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 O. A. Castro-Alvaredo , A. Fring

We study conformal blocks for thermal one-point-functions on the sphere in conformal field theories of general dimension. These thermal conformal blocks satisfy second order Casimir differential equations and have integral representations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-07 Yan Gobeil , Alexander Maloney , Gim Seng Ng , Jie-qiang Wu

We employ the axiomatic framework of Rychkov and Tan to investigate the critical O$(N)$ vector model with a line defect in $(4-\epsilon)$ dimensions. We assume the fixed point is described by defect conformal field theory and show that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-12 Tatsuma Nishioka , Yoshitaka Okuyama , Soichiro Shimamori

We develop a group theoretical formalism to study correlation functions in defect conformal field theory, with multiple insertions of bulk and defect fields. This formalism is applied to construct the defect conformal blocks for three-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-12 Ilija Buric , Volker Schomerus

In this paper we study one-dimensional conformal field theory at finite temperature dual to the two-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime in the Rindler coordinates. We show that conformal symmetry for thermal two-point functions manifests…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-04 Satoshi Ohya

This work presents the derivation of the large time and distance asymptotic behavior of the field-field correlation functions of impenetrable one-dimensional anyons at finite temperature. In the appropriate limits of the statistics…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ovidiu I. Patu , Vladimir E. Korepin , Dmitri V. Averin
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