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We consider correlators for the flux of energy and charge in the background of operators with large global $U(1)$ charge in conformal field theory (CFT). It has recently been shown that the corresponding Euclidean correlators generically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-27 Eren Firat , Alexander Monin , Riccardo Rattazzi , Matthew T. Walters

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 present a new approach to computing event shape distributions or, more precisely, charge flow correlations in a generic conformal field theory (CFT). These infrared finite observables are familiar from collider physics studies and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 A. V. Belitsky , S. Hohenegger , G. P. Korchemsky , E. Sokatchev , A. Zhiboedov

We develop an effective field theory (EFT) framework to perform an analytic calculation for energy correlator observables computed on groomed heavy-quark jets. A soft-drop grooming algorithm is applied to a jet initiated by a massive quark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 Christopher Lee , Prashant Shrivastava , Varun Vaidya

Considering theories in sectors of large global charge $Q$ results in a semiclassical effective field theory (EFT) description for some strongly-coupled conformal field theories (CFTs) with continuous global symmetries. Hence, when studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Orestis Loukas , Domenico Orlando , Susanne Reffert , Debajyoti Sarkar

We study operators with large internal charge in boundary conformal field theories (BCFTs) with internal symmetries. Using the state-operator correspondence and the existence of a macroscopic limit, we find a non-trivial relation between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-03 Gabriel Cuomo , Márk Mezei , Avia Raviv-Moshe

The large-charge master field which generates all n-point correlation functions with an insertion of large charge Q in non-relativistic conformal field theory is obtained. This field is used to compute Schr\"odinger-invariant n-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-19 Silas R. Beane , Domenico Orlando , Susanne Reffert

Collider experiments offer a unique opportunity to explore the Standard Model (SM), and to search for new physics, new interactions, and new principles of nature. The theoretical abstraction of a collider, namely the study of correlations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-12 Ian Moult , Hua Xing Zhu

We present a method for calculating event shapes in QCD based on correlation functions of conserved currents. The method has been previously applied to the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, but we demonstrate that supersymmetry is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 D. Chicherin , J. M. Henn , E. Sokatchev , K. Yan

We present a factorization formula for the energy-energy correlator in the collinear limit for the case of heavy ion collisions. Employing Soft Collinear Effective Theory, we provide a complete framework for jet production and evolution by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-07 Balbeer Singh , Varun Vaidya

We study Schr\"odinger invariant field theories (nonrelativistic conformal field theories) in the large charge (particle number) sector. We do so by constructing the effective field theory (EFT) for a Goldstone boson of the associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-12 S. M. Kravec , Sridip Pal

We derive an effective field theory for general chaotic two-dimensional conformal field theories with a large central charge. The theory is a specific and calculable instance of a more general framework recently proposed in [1]. We discuss…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-22 Felix M. Haehl , Moshe Rozali

Correlation functions of energy flow operators (energy-energy correlators) are one of the simplest observables in quantum field theory and gravity, with diverse applications ranging from real world collider physics to constraining the space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-12 Bianka Meçaj , Ian Moult , Matthew T. Walters , Yuan Xin

We consider unitary CFTs with continuous global symmetries in $d>2$. We consider a state created by the lightest operator of large charge $Q \gg 1$ and analyze the correlator of two light charged operators in this state. We assume that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-13 Daniel Jafferis , Baur Mukhametzhanov , Alexander Zhiboedov

Understanding the link between correlation functions (CFs) of local operators and measurable collider correlators has emerged as a new opportunity in the study of gauge theory dynamics at colliders. While in Conformal Field Theories (CFTs)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-25 Hao Chen , Pier Francesco Monni , Zhaoyan Pang , Gherardo Vita , Hua Xing Zhu

We systematically study correlators of a generic conformal field theory with a global O(2) symmetry in a sector of large global charge. We focus in particular on three- and four-point correlators with conserved current insertions sandwiched…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Nicola Dondi , Ioannis Kalogerakis , Rafael Moser , Domenico Orlando , Susanne Reffert

Conformal field theories (CFTs) are associated with critical phenomena and phase transitions and also play an essential role in string theory. Solving a CFT is an extremely constrained problem due to conformal invariance -- the task…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-07 Vito Pellizzani

We show that the correlator of three large charge operators with minimal scaling dimension can be computed semiclassically in CFTs with a $U(1)$ symmetry for arbitrary fixed values of the ratios of their charges. We obtain explicitly the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-21 Gabriel Cuomo

The Large Charge sector of Conformal Field Theory (CFT) can generically be described through a semiclassical expansion around a superfluid background. In this work, focussing on $U(1)$ invariant Wilson-Fisher fixed points, we study the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Gil Badel , Alexander Monin , Riccardo Rattazzi

Unitary conformal field theories (CFTs) are believed to have positive (non-negative) energy correlators. Energy correlators are universal observables in higher-dimensional CFTs built out of integrated Wightman functions of the stress-energy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Alexander Zhiboedov
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